#A79421#A79421

#A79421 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.128 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79421
RGB	rgb(167, 148, 33)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 80.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.23, -4.99, 58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.23, 58.45, 94.90°)
OKLab	oklab(66.41% -0.0204 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(66.41% 0.128 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8021, 29.5065, 5.7221)
Luminance	0.2950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79421 #2134A7

analogous

#A75121 #A79421 #77A721

triadic

#A79421 #21A794 #9421A7

tetradic

#A79421 #21A751 #2134A7 #A72177

square

#A79421 #21A751 #2134A7 #A72177

split-complementary

#A79421 #2177A7 #5121A7

monochromatic

#41390D #746717 #A79421 #D6BE2F #E0CE62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#A79421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#A79421 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A79421

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79421	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)

#A39001

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 148, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.128 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b367',
    500: '#a79421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79421;
$custom-light: #c5b367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.493,
    "s": 67,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66407,
    "c": 0.12792,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79421

secondary

#5F6DC5

accent

#56EA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EB

border

#D2CFC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79421

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

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