#A79B36#A79B36

#A79B36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.121 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79B36
RGB	rgb(167, 155, 54)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 67.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.28, -7.76, 52.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.28, 52.94, 98.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.08% -0.0261 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(68.08% 0.121 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.3247, 31.9257, 8.1596)
Luminance	0.3192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79B36 #3642A7

analogous

#A76236 #A79B36 #7AA736

triadic

#A79B36 #36A79B #9B36A7

tetradic

#A79B36 #36A762 #3642A7 #A7367A

square

#A79B36 #36A762 #3642A7 #A7367A

split-complementary

#A79B36 #367AA7 #6236A7

monochromatic

#4B4518 #797027 #A79B36 #C7BB53 #D6CD81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A79B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#A79B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79B36

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79B36	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 155, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.121 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b873',
    500: '#a79b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79b36;
$custom-light: #c4b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.628,
    "s": 51.131,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68081,
    "c": 0.12068,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79B36

secondary

#7981C0

accent

#5CDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79B36

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

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