#A79520#A79520

#A79520 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.129 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79520
RGB	rgb(167, 149, 32)
HSL	hsl(52, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 80.8%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.50, -5.57, 58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.50, 59.05, 95.41°)
OKLab	oklab(66.62% -0.0222 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(66.62% 0.129 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9459, 29.8160, 5.7020)
Luminance	0.2982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79520 #2032A7

analogous

#A75220 #A79520 #76A720

triadic

#A79520 #20A795 #9520A7

tetradic

#A79520 #20A752 #2032A7 #A72076

square

#A79520 #20A752 #2032A7 #A72076

split-complementary

#A79520 #2076A7 #5220A7

monochromatic

#40390C #746716 #A79520 #D7C02D #E1D061

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#A79520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#A79520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A79520

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79520	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5897F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 149, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.129 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b367',
    500: '#a79520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79520;
$custom-light: #c5b367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 67.839,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66619,
    "c": 0.12917,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79520

secondary

#5D6BC5

accent

#54EB3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79520

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

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