#A79231#A79231

#A79231 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.117 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79231
RGB	rgb(167, 146, 49)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 70.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.78, -3.19, 51.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.78, 52.01, 93.52°)
OKLab	oklab(66.08% -0.0137 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(66.08% 0.117 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7709, 28.9964, 7.0919)
Luminance	0.2899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79231 #3146A7

analogous

#A75731 #A79231 #81A731

triadic

#A79231 #31A792 #9231A7

tetradic

#A79231 #31A757 #3146A7 #A73181

square

#A79231 #31A757 #3146A7 #A73181

split-complementary

#A79231 #3181A7 #5731A7

monochromatic

#483F15 #786923 #A79231 #CAB44B #D8C77A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#A79231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#A79231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A79231

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79231	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4877E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 146, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.117 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b16f',
    500: '#a79231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79231;
$custom-light: #c5b16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.322,
    "s": 54.63,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66083,
    "c": 0.11676,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79231

secondary

#7381C1

accent

#64DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EC

border

#D1CFC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79231

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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