#A79B23#A79B23

#A79B23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.133 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A79B23
RGBrgb(167, 155, 35)
HSLhsl(55, 65%, 40%)
HSVhsv(55, 79%, 65%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 7.2%, 79%, 34.5%)
CIE-LABlab(63.16, -8.67, 59.33)
CIE-LCHlch(63.16, 59.96, 98.31°)
OKLaboklab(67.95% -0.0306 0.129)
OKLCHoklch(67.95% 0.133 103.3)
XYZxyz(27.9624, 31.7807, 6.2512)
Luminance0.3178 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A79B23 #232FA7
analogous
#A75923 #A79B23 #71A723
triadic
#A79B23 #23A79B #9B23A7
tetradic
#A79B23 #23A759 #232FA7 #A72371
square
#A79B23 #23A759 #232FA7 #A72371
split-complementary
#A79B23 #2371A7 #5923A7
monochromatic
#423D0E #746C18 #A79B23 #D4C633 #DFD466

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85
#A79B23 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36
#A79B23 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79B23
7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A79B23#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A79B231.002.857.367.36
#FFFFFF2.851.0021.0021.00
#0000007.3621.001.001.00
##0000007.3621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AA9601
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AD9B2D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B49085
Achromatopsia (no color)
#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a79b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 155, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.133 103.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b869',
    500: '#a79b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a79b23;
$custom-light: #c5b869;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a79b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67947,
    "c": 0.1326,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A79B23
secondary
#616AC4
accent
#4FE83F
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F9F6EB
border
#D2D0C6
text
#131107
muted
#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79B23

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#A79B23 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva