#A79B1E#A79B1E

#A79B1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.135 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79B1E
RGB	rgb(167, 155, 30)
HSL	hsl(55, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(55, 82%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 82%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.14, -8.84, 60.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.14, 61.45, 98.27°)
OKLab	oklab(67.92% -0.0315 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(67.92% 0.135 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8934, 31.7531, 5.8878)
Luminance	0.3175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79B1E #1E2AA7

analogous

#A7571E #A79B1E #6EA71E

triadic

#A79B1E #1EA79B #9B1EA7

tetradic

#A79B1E #1EA757 #1E2AA7 #A71E6E

square

#A79B1E #1EA757 #1E2AA7 #A71E6E

split-complementary

#A79B1E #1E6EA7 #571EA7

monochromatic

#3F3B0B #736B15 #A79B1E #D9C92A #E2D65D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#A79B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#A79B1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79B1E

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79B1E	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 155, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.135 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b867',
    500: '#a79b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79b1e;
$custom-light: #c5b867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.745,
    "s": 69.543,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67921,
    "c": 0.13497,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79B1E

secondary

#5B64C6

accent

#4BEC3B

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79B1E

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

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