#A79424#A79424

#A79424 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.126 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79424
RGB	rgb(167, 148, 36)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 78.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.24, -4.88, 57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.24, 57.47, 94.87°)
OKLab	oklab(66.42% -0.0198 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(66.42% 0.126 99)
XYZ	xyz(26.8461, 29.5240, 5.9534)
Luminance	0.2952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79424 #2437A7

analogous

#A75324 #A79424 #78A724

triadic

#A79424 #24A794 #9424A7

tetradic

#A79424 #24A753 #2437A7 #A72478

square

#A79424 #24A753 #2437A7 #A72478

split-complementary

#A79424 #2478A7 #5324A7

monochromatic

#423B0E #756719 #A79424 #D3BC35 #DECD67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#A79424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#A79424 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A79424

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79424	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)

#A39009

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 148, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.126 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b368',
    500: '#a79424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79424;
$custom-light: #c5b368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.298,
    "s": 64.532,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66424,
    "c": 0.12637,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.29523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79424

secondary

#6371C4

accent

#59E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EB

border

#D2CFC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79424

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

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