#A79922#A79922

#A79922 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.131 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79922
RGB	rgb(167, 153, 34)
HSL	hsl(54, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(54, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 79.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.60, -7.64, 59.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.60, 59.64, 97.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.5% -0.0278 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(67.5% 0.131 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6176, 31.1147, 6.0641)
Luminance	0.3111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79922 #2230A7

analogous

#A75722 #A79922 #73A722

triadic

#A79922 #22A799 #9922A7

tetradic

#A79922 #22A757 #2230A7 #A72273

square

#A79922 #22A757 #2230A7 #A72273

split-complementary

#A79922 #2273A7 #5722A7

monochromatic

#413C0D #746A18 #A79922 #D5C431 #DFD264

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#A79922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#A79922 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79922

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79922	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 153, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.131 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b668',
    500: '#a79922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79922;
$custom-light: #c5b668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67502,
    "c": 0.13141,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79922

secondary

#606BC5

accent

#51E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79922

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

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