#A79B20#A79B20

#A79B20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.134 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79B20
RGB	rgb(167, 155, 32)
HSL	hsl(55, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(55, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 80.8%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.15, -8.78, 60.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.15, 60.88, 98.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% -0.0312 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.134 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9197, 31.7637, 6.0266)
Luminance	0.3176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79B20 #202CA7

analogous

#A75820 #A79B20 #70A720

triadic

#A79B20 #20A79B #9B20A7

tetradic

#A79B20 #20A758 #202CA7 #A72070

square

#A79B20 #20A758 #202CA7 #A72070

split-complementary

#A79B20 #2070A7 #5820A7

monochromatic

#403C0C #746B16 #A79B20 #D7C82D #E1D561

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#A79B20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#A79B20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79B20

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79B20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79B20	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)

#AE9B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79b20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 155, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.134 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b868',
    500: '#a79b20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79b20;
$custom-light: #c5b868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79b20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.667,
    "s": 67.839,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67931,
    "c": 0.13406,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79B20

secondary

#5D67C5

accent

#4DEB3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79B20

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

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