#A79C23#A79C23

#A79C23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.133 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79C23
RGB	rgb(167, 156, 35)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 79%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.44, -9.20, 59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.44, 60.28, 98.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.17% -0.0321 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(68.17% 0.133 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1295, 32.1150, 6.3069)
Luminance	0.3211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79C23 #232EA7

analogous

#A75A23 #A79C23 #70A723

triadic

#A79C23 #23A79C #9C23A7

tetradic

#A79C23 #23A75A #232EA7 #A72370

square

#A79C23 #23A75A #232EA7 #A72370

split-complementary

#A79C23 #2370A7 #5A23A7

monochromatic

#423D0E #746D18 #A79C23 #D4C733 #DFD566

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A79C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#A79C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79C23

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79C23	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)

#AB9701

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 156, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.133 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b869',
    500: '#a79c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79c23;
$custom-light: #c5b869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68167,
    "c": 0.13347,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79C23

secondary

#616AC4

accent

#4EE83F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79C23

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

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