#A79429#A79429

#A79429 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.124 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79429
RGB	rgb(167, 148, 41)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 75.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.27, -4.67, 55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.27, 55.72, 94.81°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% -0.0188 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.124 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9278, 29.5567, 6.3840)
Luminance	0.2955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79429 #293CA7

analogous

#A75529 #A79429 #7BA729

triadic

#A79429 #29A794 #9429A7

tetradic

#A79429 #29A755 #293CA7 #A7297B

square

#A79429 #29A755 #293CA7 #A7297B

split-complementary

#A79429 #297BA7 #5529A7

monochromatic

#453D11 #76681D #A79429 #D0BA3E #DCCB6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#A79429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#A79429 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A79429

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79429	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)

#A39015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89730

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4897F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 148, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.124 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b36b',
    500: '#a79429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79429;
$custom-light: #c5b36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.952,
    "s": 60.577,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66455,
    "c": 0.12353,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79429

secondary

#6977C2

accent

#5CE444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EC

border

#D1CFC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79429

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

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