#A79426#A79426

#A79426 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.125 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79426
RGB	rgb(167, 148, 38)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 77.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.25, -4.80, 56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.25, 56.79, 94.85°)
OKLab	oklab(66.44% -0.0194 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(66.44% 0.125 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8775, 29.5366, 6.1188)
Luminance	0.2954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79426 #2639A7

analogous

#A75426 #A79426 #79A726

triadic

#A79426 #26A794 #9426A7

tetradic

#A79426 #26A754 #2639A7 #A72679

square

#A79426 #26A754 #2639A7 #A72679

split-complementary

#A79426 #2679A7 #5426A7

monochromatic

#433C0F #75681B #A79426 #D2BB38 #DDCC6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#A79426 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#A79426 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A79426

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79426	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79426	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3900F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4897F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79426;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 148, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.125 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b369',
    500: '#a79426',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79426;
$custom-light: #c5b369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79426",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.163,
    "s": 62.927,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66436,
    "c": 0.12527,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79426

secondary

#6573C3

accent

#5AE642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EB

border

#D2CFC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79426

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

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