#A79C20#A79C20
#A79C20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.135 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A79C20 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(167, 156, 32) |
| HSL | hsl(55, 68%, 39%) |
| HSV | hsv(55, 81%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 80.8%, 34.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(63.42, -9.31, 60.48) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(63.42, 61.20, 98.75°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.15% -0.0327 0.1309) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.15% 0.135 104) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.0868, 32.0979, 6.0823) |
| Luminance | 0.3210 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.94
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.95
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 4.81
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 5.20
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 5.58
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 5.83
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A79C20 #202BA7
analogous
#A75920 #A79C20 #6FA720
triadic
#A79C20 #20A79C #9C20A7
tetradic
#A79C20 #20A759 #202BA7 #A7206F
square
#A79C20 #20A759 #202BA7 #A7206F
split-complementary
#A79C20 #206FA7 #5920A7
monochromatic
#403C0C #746C16 #A79C20 #D7C92D #E1D661
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.83
#A79C20 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.42
#A79C20 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A79C20
7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A79C20 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A79C20 | 1.00 | 2.83 | 7.42 | 7.42 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.83 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.42 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.42 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AB9600
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AE9C2B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B49185
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a79c20; /* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 156, 32); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.135 104.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c5b868',
500: '#a79c20',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a79c20; $custom-light: #c5b868; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a79c20",
"rgb": {
"r": 167,
"g": 156,
"b": 32
},
"hsl": {
"h": 55.111,
"s": 67.839,
"l": 39.02
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68151,
"c": 0.13492,
"h": 104
},
"luminance": 0.32097
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A79C20
secondary
#5D66C5
accent
#4BEB3D
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F9F6EB
border
#D2D0C6
text
#131107
muted
#82807A