#A79C38#A79C38

#A79C38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.120 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79C38
RGB	rgb(167, 156, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 66.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.57, -8.17, 51.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.57, 52.47, 98.96°)
OKLab	oklab(68.32% -0.027 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(68.32% 0.12 103)
XYZ	xyz(28.5398, 32.2791, 8.4678)
Luminance	0.3228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79C38 #3843A7

analogous

#A76438 #A79C38 #7AA738

triadic

#A79C38 #38A79C #9C38A7

tetradic

#A79C38 #38A764 #3843A7 #A7387A

square

#A79C38 #38A764 #3843A7 #A7387A

split-complementary

#A79C38 #387AA7 #6438A7

monochromatic

#4B4619 #797129 #A79C38 #C6BB56 #D6CE84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A79C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#A79C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79C38

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79C38	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA972B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 156, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.120 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b874',
    500: '#a79c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79c38;
$custom-light: #c4b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.054,
    "s": 49.776,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68317,
    "c": 0.12008,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.32278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79C38

secondary

#7B82BF

accent

#5CD94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79C38

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

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