#A79521#A79521

#A79521 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.129 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79521
RGB	rgb(167, 149, 33)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 80.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.50, -5.53, 58.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.50, 58.74, 95.40°)
OKLab	oklab(66.62% -0.022 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(66.62% 0.129 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.9597, 29.8215, 5.7746)
Luminance	0.2982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79521 #2133A7

analogous

#A75221 #A79521 #76A721

triadic

#A79521 #21A795 #9521A7

tetradic

#A79521 #21A752 #2133A7 #A72176

square

#A79521 #21A752 #2133A7 #A72176

split-complementary

#A79521 #2176A7 #5221A7

monochromatic

#413A0D #746717 #A79521 #D6C02F #E0CF62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#A79521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#A79521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A79521

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79521	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)

#A9972A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 149, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.129 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b367',
    500: '#a79521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79521;
$custom-light: #c5b367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.94,
    "s": 67,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66624,
    "c": 0.12868,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79521

secondary

#5F6CC5

accent

#55EA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79521

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

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