#A79D2A#A79D2A
#A79D2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.131 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A79D2A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(167, 157, 42) |
| HSL | hsl(55, 60%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(55, 75%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 6%, 74.9%, 34.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(63.75, -9.44, 57.51) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(63.75, 58.28, 99.32°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.43% -0.0321 0.1265) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.43% 0.131 104.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.4125, 32.4977, 6.9661) |
| Luminance | 0.3250 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.86
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.07
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 5.22
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 5.38
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 5.80
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 6.12
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A79D2A #2A34A7
analogous
#A75E2A #A79D2A #72A72A
triadic
#A79D2A #2AA79D #9D2AA7
tetradic
#A79D2A #2AA75E #2A34A7 #A72A72
square
#A79D2A #2AA75E #2A34A7 #A72A72
split-complementary
#A79D2A #2A72A7 #5E2AA7
monochromatic
#454111 #766F1E #A79D2A #CFC33F #DBD370
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.80
#A79D2A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.50
#A79D2A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A79D2A
7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A79D2A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A79D2A | 1.00 | 2.80 | 7.50 | 7.50 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.80 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AB9713
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AF9D32
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B49287
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a79d2a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 157, 42); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.131 104.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c5b96c',
500: '#a79d2a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a79d2a; $custom-light: #c5b96c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a79d2a",
"rgb": {
"r": 167,
"g": 157,
"b": 42
},
"hsl": {
"h": 55.2,
"s": 59.809,
"l": 40.98
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68429,
"c": 0.13053,
"h": 104.3
},
"luminance": 0.32497
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A79D2A
secondary
#6B72C2
accent
#51E345
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#131107
muted
#82807A