#A79931#A79931

#A79931 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.122 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79931
RGB	rgb(167, 153, 49)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 70.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.69, -6.97, 53.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.69, 54.28, 97.37°)
OKLab	oklab(67.6% -0.0244 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(67.6% 0.122 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8832, 31.2209, 7.4627)
Luminance	0.3122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79931 #313FA7

analogous

#A75E31 #A79931 #7AA731

triadic

#A79931 #31A799 #9931A7

tetradic

#A79931 #31A75E #313FA7 #A7317A

square

#A79931 #31A75E #313FA7 #A7317A

split-complementary

#A79931 #317AA7 #5E31A7

monochromatic

#484215 #786E23 #A79931 #CABB4B #D8CD7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A79931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#A79931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79931

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79931	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 153, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.122 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b670',
    500: '#a79931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79931;
$custom-light: #c4b670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.881,
    "s": 54.63,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67602,
    "c": 0.12249,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79931

secondary

#737CC1

accent

#5BDE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79931

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

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