#A79C2A#A79C2A

#A79C2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.130 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79C2A
RGB	rgb(167, 156, 42)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 74.9%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.48, -8.91, 57.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.48, 57.94, 98.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% -0.0306 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.13 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2440, 32.1608, 6.9099)
Luminance	0.3216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79C2A #2A35A7

analogous

#A75D2A #A79C2A #73A72A

triadic

#A79C2A #2AA79C #9C2AA7

tetradic

#A79C2A #2AA75D #2A35A7 #A72A73

square

#A79C2A #2AA75D #2A35A7 #A72A73

split-complementary

#A79C2A #2A73A7 #5D2AA7

monochromatic

#454111 #766E1E #A79C2A #CFC23F #DBD270

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A79C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#A79C2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79C2A

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79C2A	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9714

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 156, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.130 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b86c',
    500: '#a79c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79c2a;
$custom-light: #c5b86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.72,
    "s": 59.809,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68209,
    "c": 0.12963,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79C2A

secondary

#6B72C2

accent

#53E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79C2A

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

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