#A79D23#A79D23

#A79D23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.134 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79D23
RGB	rgb(167, 157, 35)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 79%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.71, -9.73, 59.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.71, 60.61, 99.24°)
OKLab	oklab(68.39% -0.0336 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(68.39% 0.134 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2980, 32.4519, 6.3631)
Luminance	0.3245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79D23 #232DA7

analogous

#A75B23 #A79D23 #6FA723

triadic

#A79D23 #23A79D #9D23A7

tetradic

#A79D23 #23A75B #232DA7 #A7236F

square

#A79D23 #23A75B #232DA7 #A7236F

split-complementary

#A79D23 #236FA7 #5B23A7

monochromatic

#423E0E #746D18 #A79D23 #D4C833 #DFD666

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A79D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#A79D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79D23

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79D23	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)

#AF9D2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 157, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.134 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b969',
    500: '#a79d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79d23;
$custom-light: #c5b969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.455,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68387,
    "c": 0.13435,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79D23

secondary

#6169C4

accent

#4CE83F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79D23

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

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