#A79B24#A79B24

#A79B24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.132 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79B24
RGB	rgb(167, 155, 36)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 78.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.17, -8.63, 59.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.17, 59.64, 98.32°)
OKLab	oklab(67.95% -0.0304 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(67.95% 0.132 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9774, 31.7868, 6.3305)
Luminance	0.3179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79B24 #2430A7

analogous

#A75A24 #A79B24 #71A724

triadic

#A79B24 #24A79B #9B24A7

tetradic

#A79B24 #24A75A #2430A7 #A72471

square

#A79B24 #24A75A #2430A7 #A72471

split-complementary

#A79B24 #2471A7 #5A24A7

monochromatic

#423E0E #756C19 #A79B24 #D3C535 #DED367

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#A79B24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#A79B24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79B24

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79B24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79B24	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9604

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79b24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 155, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.132 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b869',
    500: '#a79b24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79b24;
$custom-light: #c5b869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79b24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.504,
    "s": 64.532,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67952,
    "c": 0.13209,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79B24

secondary

#636CC4

accent

#50E840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79B24

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

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