#A79D1E#A79D1E

#A79D1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.137 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79D1E
RGB	rgb(167, 157, 30)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(56, 82%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 82%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.69, -9.90, 61.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.69, 62.09, 99.18°)
OKLab	oklab(68.36% -0.0345 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(68.36% 0.137 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2290, 32.4243, 5.9996)
Luminance	0.3242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79D1E #1E28A7

analogous

#A7581E #A79D1E #6CA71E

triadic

#A79D1E #1EA79D #9D1EA7

tetradic

#A79D1E #1EA758 #1E28A7 #A71E6C

square

#A79D1E #1EA758 #1E28A7 #A71E6C

split-complementary

#A79D1E #1E6CA7 #581EA7

monochromatic

#3F3B0B #736C15 #A79D1E #D9CC2A #E2D85D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A79D1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#A79D1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79D1E

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79D1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79D1E	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79d1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 157, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.137 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b967',
    500: '#a79d1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79d1e;
$custom-light: #c5b967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79d1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.62,
    "s": 69.543,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68362,
    "c": 0.13669,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79D1E

secondary

#5B62C6

accent

#48EC3B

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79D1E

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

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