#A79B21#A79B21

#A79B21 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	#A79B21
RGB	rgb(167, 155, 33)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(55, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 80.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.15, -8.74, 59.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.15, 60.58, 98.30°)
OKLab	oklab(67.94% -0.031 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(67.94% 0.134 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9335, 31.7692, 6.0992)
Luminance	0.3177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79B21 #212DA7

analogous

#A75821 #A79B21 #70A721

triadic

#A79B21 #21A79B #9B21A7

tetradic

#A79B21 #21A758 #212DA7 #A72170

square

#A79B21 #21A758 #212DA7 #A72170

split-complementary

#A79B21 #2170A7 #5821A7

monochromatic

#413C0D #746C17 #A79B21 #D6C72F #E0D562

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#A79B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#A79B21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79B21

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79B21	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)

#AE9B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 155, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.134 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b868',
    500: '#a79b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79b21;
$custom-light: #c5b868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.627,
    "s": 67,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67936,
    "c": 0.13358,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79B21

secondary

#5F68C5

accent

#4DEA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79B21

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

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