#A79B22#A79B22

#A79B22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.133 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79B22
RGB	rgb(167, 155, 34)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(55, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 79.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.16, -8.71, 59.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.16, 60.27, 98.31°)
OKLab	oklab(67.94% -0.0308 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(67.94% 0.133 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9477, 31.7749, 6.1741)
Luminance	0.3177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79B22 #222EA7

analogous

#A75822 #A79B22 #71A722

triadic

#A79B22 #22A79B #9B22A7

tetradic

#A79B22 #22A758 #222EA7 #A72271

square

#A79B22 #22A758 #222EA7 #A72271

split-complementary

#A79B22 #2271A7 #5822A7

monochromatic

#413D0D #746C18 #A79B22 #D5C631 #DFD464

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#A79B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#A79B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79B22

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79B22	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)

#AD9B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 155, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.133 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b868',
    500: '#a79b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79b22;
$custom-light: #c5b868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.586,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67941,
    "c": 0.1331,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79B22

secondary

#6069C5

accent

#4EE93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79B22

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

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