#A79933#A79933

#A79933 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.121 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79933
RGB	rgb(167, 153, 51)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 69.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.71, -6.86, 53.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.71, 53.48, 97.37°)
OKLab	oklab(67.62% -0.0239 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(67.62% 0.121 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9263, 31.2382, 7.6899)
Luminance	0.3124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79933 #3341A7

analogous

#A75F33 #A79933 #7BA733

triadic

#A79933 #33A799 #9933A7

tetradic

#A79933 #33A75F #3341A7 #A7337B

square

#A79933 #33A75F #3341A7 #A7337B

split-complementary

#A79933 #337BA7 #5F33A7

monochromatic

#494316 #786E25 #A79933 #C9BA4E #D7CC7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A79933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#A79933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79933

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79933	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79424

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 153, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.121 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b671',
    500: '#a79933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79933;
$custom-light: #c4b671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.759,
    "s": 53.211,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67618,
    "c": 0.12108,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79933

secondary

#767FC0

accent

#5DDD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79933

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

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