#A79C2D#A79C2D

#A79C2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.128 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79C2D
RGB	rgb(167, 156, 45)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 73.1%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.49, -8.77, 56.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.49, 56.85, 98.87°)
OKLab	oklab(68.23% -0.0299 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(68.23% 0.128 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2997, 32.1830, 7.2034)
Luminance	0.3218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79C2D #2D38A7

analogous

#A75F2D #A79C2D #75A72D

triadic

#A79C2D #2DA79C #9C2DA7

tetradic

#A79C2D #2DA75F #2D38A7 #A72D75

square

#A79C2D #2DA75F #2D38A7 #A72D75

split-complementary

#A79C2D #2D75A7 #5F2DA7

monochromatic

#474213 #776F20 #A79C2D #CDC044 #DAD175

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A79C2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#A79C2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79C2D

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79C2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79C2D	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA971A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79c2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 156, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.128 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b86e',
    500: '#a79c2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79c2d;
$custom-light: #c5b86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79c2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.59,
    "s": 57.547,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68229,
    "c": 0.12779,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79C2D

secondary

#6E76C1

accent

#55E147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79C2D

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

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