#A79523#A79523

#A79523 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.128 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79523
RGB	rgb(167, 149, 35)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(52, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 79%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.51, -5.46, 57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.51, 58.10, 95.39°)
OKLab	oklab(66.64% -0.0216 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(66.64% 0.128 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9885, 29.8331, 5.9266)
Luminance	0.2983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79523 #2335A7

analogous

#A75323 #A79523 #77A723

triadic

#A79523 #23A795 #9523A7

tetradic

#A79523 #23A753 #2335A7 #A72377

square

#A79523 #23A753 #2335A7 #A72377

split-complementary

#A79523 #2377A7 #5323A7

monochromatic

#423B0E #746818 #A79523 #D4BE33 #DFCE66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#A79523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#A79523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A79523

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79523	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49106

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9972B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 149, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.128 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b368',
    500: '#a79523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79523;
$custom-light: #c5b368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66635,
    "c": 0.12767,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79523

secondary

#616FC4

accent

#57E83F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79523

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

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