#A79929#A79929

#A79929 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.128 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79929
RGB	rgb(167, 153, 41)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 75.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.64, -7.36, 56.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.64, 57.30, 97.38°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% -0.0264 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.128 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7291, 31.1593, 6.6511)
Luminance	0.3116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79929 #2937A7

analogous

#A75A29 #A79929 #76A729

triadic

#A79929 #29A799 #9929A7

tetradic

#A79929 #29A75A #2937A7 #A72976

square

#A79929 #29A75A #2937A7 #A72976

split-complementary

#A79929 #2976A7 #5A29A7

monochromatic

#453F11 #766C1D #A79929 #D0BF3E #DCD06F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A79929 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#A79929 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79929

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79929	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79929	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	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)

#A89413

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79929;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 153, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.128 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b66b',
    500: '#a79929',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79929;
$custom-light: #c5b66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79929",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 60.577,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67544,
    "c": 0.1276,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79929

secondary

#6973C2

accent

#56E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79929

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

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