#A79823#A79823

#A79823 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.130 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79823
RGB	rgb(167, 152, 35)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(53, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 79%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.33, -7.07, 58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.33, 59.01, 96.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.29% -0.0261 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(67.29% 0.13 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4693, 30.7946, 6.0868)
Luminance	0.3079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79823 #2332A7

analogous

#A75623 #A79823 #74A723

triadic

#A79823 #23A798 #9823A7

tetradic

#A79823 #23A756 #2332A7 #A72374

square

#A79823 #23A756 #2332A7 #A72374

split-complementary

#A79823 #2374A7 #5623A7

monochromatic

#423C0E #746A18 #A79823 #D4C233 #DFD166

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#A79823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#A79823 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79823

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79823	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)

#A79304

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 152, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.130 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b569',
    500: '#a79823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79823;
$custom-light: #c5b569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.182,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67289,
    "c": 0.13007,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79823

secondary

#616DC4

accent

#53E83F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79823

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

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