#A79731#A79731

#A79731 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.121 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79731
RGB	rgb(167, 151, 49)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 70.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.14, -5.89, 53.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.14, 53.61, 96.31°)
OKLab	oklab(67.17% -0.0214 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(67.17% 0.121 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5586, 30.5717, 7.3545)
Luminance	0.3057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79731 #3141A7

analogous

#A75C31 #A79731 #7CA731

triadic

#A79731 #31A797 #9731A7

tetradic

#A79731 #31A75C #3141A7 #A7317C

square

#A79731 #31A75C #3141A7 #A7317C

split-complementary

#A79731 #317CA7 #5C31A7

monochromatic

#484115 #786C23 #A79731 #CAB94B #D8CB7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#A79731 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#A79731 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79731

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79731	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79731	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79731;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 151, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.121 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b56f',
    500: '#a79731',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79731;
$custom-light: #c4b56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79731",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.864,
    "s": 54.63,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67166,
    "c": 0.12078,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79731

secondary

#737EC1

accent

#5EDE4A

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79731

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

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