#A79D2C#A79D2C

#A79D2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.129 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79D2C
RGB	rgb(167, 157, 44)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 73.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.76, -9.35, 56.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.76, 57.56, 99.35°)
OKLab	oklab(68.44% -0.0317 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(68.44% 0.129 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4492, 32.5124, 7.1594)
Luminance	0.3251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79D2C #2C36A7

analogous

#A7602C #A79D2C #74A72C

triadic

#A79D2C #2CA79D #9D2CA7

tetradic

#A79D2C #2CA760 #2C36A7 #A72C74

square

#A79D2C #2CA760 #2C36A7 #A72C74

split-complementary

#A79D2C #2C74A7 #602CA7

monochromatic

#464212 #776F1F #A79D2C #CDC243 #DAD273

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A79D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#A79D2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79D2C

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79D2C	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)

#AB9817

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 157, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.129 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b96d',
    500: '#a79d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79d2c;
$custom-light: #c5b96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.122,
    "s": 58.294,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68442,
    "c": 0.12932,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79D2C

secondary

#6D74C2

accent

#53E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79D2C

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

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