#A79D22#A79D22

#A79D22 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	#A79D22
RGB	rgb(167, 157, 34)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(55, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 79.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.71, -9.77, 60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.71, 60.92, 99.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% -0.0338 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.135 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2833, 32.4461, 6.2860)
Luminance	0.3245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79D22 #222CA7

analogous

#A75B22 #A79D22 #6FA722

triadic

#A79D22 #22A79D #9D22A7

tetradic

#A79D22 #22A75B #222CA7 #A7226F

square

#A79D22 #22A75B #222CA7 #A7226F

split-complementary

#A79D22 #226FA7 #5B22A7

monochromatic

#413D0D #746D18 #A79D22 #D5C931 #DFD664

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A79D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#A79D22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79D22

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79D22	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)

#AF9D2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 157, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.135 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b969',
    500: '#a79d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79d22;
$custom-light: #c5b969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.489,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68382,
    "c": 0.13485,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79D22

secondary

#6068C5

accent

#4CE93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79D22

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

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