#A79D2B#A79D2B

#A79D2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.130 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79D2B
RGB	rgb(167, 157, 43)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 74.3%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.76, -9.40, 57.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.76, 57.93, 99.33°)
OKLab	oklab(68.44% -0.0319 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(68.44% 0.13 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4306, 32.5050, 7.0615)
Luminance	0.3250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79D2B #2B35A7

analogous

#A75F2B #A79D2B #73A72B

triadic

#A79D2B #2BA79D #9D2BA7

tetradic

#A79D2B #2BA75F #2B35A7 #A72B73

square

#A79D2B #2BA75F #2B35A7 #A72B73

split-complementary

#A79D2B #2B73A7 #5F2BA7

monochromatic

#464112 #766F1E #A79D2B #CEC341 #DBD272

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A79D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#A79D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79D2B

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79D2B	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)

#AB9815

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 157, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.130 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b96d',
    500: '#a79d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79d2b;
$custom-light: #c5b96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.161,
    "s": 59.048,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68435,
    "c": 0.12993,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79D2B

secondary

#6C73C2

accent

#52E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79D2B

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

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