#A79526#A79526

#A79526 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.126 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79526
RGB	rgb(167, 149, 38)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 77.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.53, -5.34, 56.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.53, 57.09, 95.37°)
OKLab	oklab(66.65% -0.021 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(66.65% 0.126 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0350, 29.8517, 6.1713)
Luminance	0.2985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79526 #2638A7

analogous

#A75426 #A79526 #78A726

triadic

#A79526 #26A795 #9526A7

tetradic

#A79526 #26A754 #2638A7 #A72678

square

#A79526 #26A754 #2638A7 #A72678

split-complementary

#A79526 #2678A7 #5426A7

monochromatic

#433C0F #75691B #A79526 #D2BC38 #DDCD6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#A79526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#A79526 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A79526

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79526	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)

#A4910E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9972E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 149, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.126 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b36a',
    500: '#a79526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79526;
$custom-light: #c5b36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.628,
    "s": 62.927,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66653,
    "c": 0.12605,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79526

secondary

#6573C3

accent

#59E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79526

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

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