#A79D21#A79D21

#A79D21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.135 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79D21
RGB	rgb(167, 157, 33)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(56, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 80.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.71, -9.80, 60.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.71, 61.22, 99.21°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% -0.034 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.135 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2691, 32.4404, 6.2111)
Luminance	0.3244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79D21 #212BA7

analogous

#A75A21 #A79D21 #6EA721

triadic

#A79D21 #21A79D #9D21A7

tetradic

#A79D21 #21A75A #212BA7 #A7216E

square

#A79D21 #21A75A #212BA7 #A7216E

split-complementary

#A79D21 #216EA7 #5A21A7

monochromatic

#413D0D #746D17 #A79D21 #D6CA2F #E0D762

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A79D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#A79D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79D21

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79D21	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 157, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.135 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b968',
    500: '#a79d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79d21;
$custom-light: #c5b968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.522,
    "s": 67,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68376,
    "c": 0.13533,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79D21

secondary

#5F66C5

accent

#4BEA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79D21

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

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