#A79926#A79926

#A79926 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.129 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79926
RGB	rgb(167, 153, 38)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 77.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.62, -7.49, 57.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.62, 58.34, 97.37°)
OKLab	oklab(67.53% -0.027 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(67.53% 0.129 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6787, 31.1391, 6.3859)
Luminance	0.3114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79926 #2634A7

analogous

#A75826 #A79926 #75A726

triadic

#A79926 #26A799 #9926A7

tetradic

#A79926 #26A758 #2634A7 #A72675

square

#A79926 #26A758 #2634A7 #A72675

split-complementary

#A79926 #2675A7 #5826A7

monochromatic

#433E0F #756B1B #A79926 #D2C138 #DDD16A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#A79926 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#A79926 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79926

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79926	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79926	1.00	2.91	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8940C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79926;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 153, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.129 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b66a',
    500: '#a79926',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79926;
$custom-light: #c5b66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79926",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.488,
    "s": 62.927,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67525,
    "c": 0.12931,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79926

secondary

#6570C3

accent

#54E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79926

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

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