#A79420#A79420

#A79420 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.128 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79420
RGB	rgb(167, 148, 32)
HSL	hsl(52, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 80.8%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.22, -5.03, 58.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.22, 58.76, 94.91°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% -0.0206 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.128 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.7883, 29.5009, 5.6495)
Luminance	0.2950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79420 #2033A7

analogous

#A75120 #A79420 #77A720

triadic

#A79420 #20A794 #9420A7

tetradic

#A79420 #20A751 #2033A7 #A72077

square

#A79420 #20A751 #2033A7 #A72077

split-complementary

#A79420 #2077A7 #5120A7

monochromatic

#40390C #746616 #A79420 #D7BF2D #E1CF61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#A79420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#A79420 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A79420

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79420	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 148, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.128 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b367',
    500: '#a79420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79420;
$custom-light: #c5b367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.556,
    "s": 67.839,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66401,
    "c": 0.1284,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79420

secondary

#5D6CC5

accent

#56EB3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EB

border

#D2CFC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79420

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

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