#A79423#A79423

#A79423 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	#A79423
RGB	rgb(167, 148, 35)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 79%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.24, -4.92, 57.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.24, 57.80, 94.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.42% -0.0201 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(66.42% 0.127 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8310, 29.5180, 5.8741)
Luminance	0.2952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79423 #2336A7

analogous

#A75223 #A79423 #78A723

triadic

#A79423 #23A794 #9423A7

tetradic

#A79423 #23A752 #2336A7 #A72378

square

#A79423 #23A752 #2336A7 #A72378

split-complementary

#A79423 #2378A7 #5223A7

monochromatic

#423A0E #746718 #A79423 #D4BD33 #DFCD66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#A79423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#A79423 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A79423

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79423	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)

#A39006

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 148, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.127 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b368',
    500: '#a79423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79423;
$custom-light: #c5b368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.364,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66418,
    "c": 0.1269,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79423

secondary

#6170C4

accent

#58E83F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EB

border

#D2CFC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79423

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

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