#A79821#A79821
#A79821 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.131 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A79821 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(167, 152, 33) |
| HSL | hsl(53, 67%, 39%) |
| HSV | hsv(53, 80%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9%, 80.2%, 34.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(62.32, -7.14, 59.21) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(62.32, 59.64, 96.88°) |
| OKLab | oklab(67.28% -0.0265 0.1284) |
| OKLCH | oklch(67.28% 0.131 101.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(27.4404, 30.7830, 5.9349) |
| Luminance | 0.3078 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 3.80
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 4.15
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 4.56
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 5.34
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 5.49
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 5.50
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A79821 #2130A7
analogous
#A75521 #A79821 #73A721
triadic
#A79821 #21A798 #9821A7
tetradic
#A79821 #21A755 #2130A7 #A72173
square
#A79821 #21A755 #2130A7 #A72173
split-complementary
#A79821 #2173A7 #5521A7
monochromatic
#413B0D #746917 #A79821 #D6C32F #E0D262
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.93
#A79821 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.16
#A79821 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A79821
7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A79821 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A79821 | 1.00 | 2.93 | 7.16 | 7.16 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.93 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.16 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.16 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#A79300
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AB992A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B48C82
Achromatopsia (no color)
#979797
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a79821; /* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 152, 33); /* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.131 101.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c5b568',
500: '#a79821',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a79821; $custom-light: #c5b568; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a79821",
"rgb": {
"r": 167,
"g": 152,
"b": 33
},
"hsl": {
"h": 53.284,
"s": 67,
"l": 39.216
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.67278,
"c": 0.13108,
"h": 101.7
},
"luminance": 0.30782
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A79821
secondary
#5F6AC5
accent
#51EA3E
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F9F6EB
border
#D2D0C6
text
#131107
muted
#82807A