#A79923#A79923

#A79923 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	#A79923
RGB	rgb(167, 153, 35)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(54, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 79%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.61, -7.60, 58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.61, 59.32, 97.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.51% -0.0276 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(67.51% 0.131 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6323, 31.1206, 6.1412)
Luminance	0.3112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79923 #2331A7

analogous

#A75723 #A79923 #73A723

triadic

#A79923 #23A799 #9923A7

tetradic

#A79923 #23A757 #2331A7 #A72373

square

#A79923 #23A757 #2331A7 #A72373

split-complementary

#A79923 #2373A7 #5723A7

monochromatic

#423C0E #746B18 #A79923 #D4C333 #DFD266

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#A79923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#A79923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79923

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79923	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)

#A89403

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 153, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.131 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b669',
    500: '#a79923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79923;
$custom-light: #c5b669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.636,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67508,
    "c": 0.13091,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79923

secondary

#616CC4

accent

#51E83F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79923

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

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