#A79C22#A79C22

#A79C22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.134 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79C22
RGB	rgb(167, 156, 34)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(55, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 79.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.43, -9.24, 59.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.43, 60.59, 98.77°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% -0.0323 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.134 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1148, 32.1091, 6.2298)
Luminance	0.3211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79C22 #222DA7

analogous

#A75A22 #A79C22 #6FA722

triadic

#A79C22 #22A79C #9C22A7

tetradic

#A79C22 #22A75A #222DA7 #A7226F

square

#A79C22 #22A75A #222DA7 #A7226F

split-complementary

#A79C22 #226FA7 #5A22A7

monochromatic

#413D0D #746D18 #A79C22 #D5C831 #DFD564

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A79C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#A79C22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79C22

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79C22	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)

#AB9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 156, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.134 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b869',
    500: '#a79c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79c22;
$custom-light: #c5b869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.038,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68161,
    "c": 0.13397,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79C22

secondary

#6068C5

accent

#4DE93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79C22

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

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