#A79A23#A79A23

#A79A23 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	#A79A23
RGB	rgb(167, 154, 35)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(54, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 79%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.89, -8.14, 59.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.89, 59.64, 97.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% -0.0291 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.132 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7966, 31.4493, 6.1959)
Luminance	0.3145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79A23 #2330A7

analogous

#A75823 #A79A23 #72A723

triadic

#A79A23 #23A79A #9A23A7

tetradic

#A79A23 #23A758 #2330A7 #A72372

square

#A79A23 #23A758 #2330A7 #A72372

split-complementary

#A79A23 #2372A7 #5823A7

monochromatic

#423D0E #746B18 #A79A23 #D4C433 #DFD366

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#A79A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#A79A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79A23

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79A23	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)

#A99502

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 154, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.132 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b769',
    500: '#a79a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79a23;
$custom-light: #c5b769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.091,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67727,
    "c": 0.13175,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79A23

secondary

#616BC4

accent

#50E83F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79A23

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

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