#A79D2D#A79D2D

#A79D2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.129 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79D2D
RGB	rgb(167, 157, 45)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 73.1%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.77, -9.30, 56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.77, 57.20, 99.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.45% -0.0314 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(68.45% 0.129 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.4682, 32.5200, 7.2596)
Luminance	0.3252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79D2D #2D37A7

analogous

#A7602D #A79D2D #74A72D

triadic

#A79D2D #2DA79D #9D2DA7

tetradic

#A79D2D #2DA760 #2D37A7 #A72D74

square

#A79D2D #2DA760 #2D37A7 #A72D74

split-complementary

#A79D2D #2D74A7 #602DA7

monochromatic

#474213 #777020 #A79D2D #CDC244 #DAD175

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A79D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#A79D2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79D2D

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79D2D	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)

#AB9819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 157, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.129 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b96e',
    500: '#a79d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79d2d;
$custom-light: #c5b96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.082,
    "s": 57.547,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68449,
    "c": 0.1287,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79D2D

secondary

#6E75C1

accent

#54E147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79D2D

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

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