#A79A22#A79A22

#A79A22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.132 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79A22
RGB	rgb(167, 154, 34)
HSL	hsl(54, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(54, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 79.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.88, -8.17, 59.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.88, 59.95, 97.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.72% -0.0293 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(67.72% 0.132 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7820, 31.4434, 6.1189)
Luminance	0.3144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79A22 #222FA7

analogous

#A75722 #A79A22 #72A722

triadic

#A79A22 #22A79A #9A22A7

tetradic

#A79A22 #22A757 #222FA7 #A72272

square

#A79A22 #22A757 #222FA7 #A72272

split-complementary

#A79A22 #2272A7 #5722A7

monochromatic

#413C0D #746B18 #A79A22 #D5C531 #DFD364

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#A79A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#A79A22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79A22

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79A22	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 154, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.132 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b768',
    500: '#a79a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79a22;
$custom-light: #c5b768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.135,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67722,
    "c": 0.13225,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79A22

secondary

#606AC5

accent

#4FE93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79A22

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

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