#A79422#A79422

#A79422 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.127 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79422
RGB	rgb(167, 148, 34)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 79.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.23, -4.96, 57.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.23, 58.13, 94.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.41% -0.0202 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(66.41% 0.127 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8164, 29.5122, 5.7970)
Luminance	0.2951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79422 #2235A7

analogous

#A75222 #A79422 #77A722

triadic

#A79422 #22A794 #9422A7

tetradic

#A79422 #22A752 #2235A7 #A72277

square

#A79422 #22A752 #2235A7 #A72277

split-complementary

#A79422 #2277A7 #5222A7

monochromatic

#413A0D #746718 #A79422 #D5BE31 #DFCE64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#A79422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#A79422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A79422

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79422	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)

#A39004

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 148, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.127 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b368',
    500: '#a79422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79422;
$custom-light: #c5b368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66412,
    "c": 0.12741,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79422

secondary

#606EC5

accent

#57E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EB

border

#D2CFC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79422

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

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