#A79D2E#A79D2E

#A79D2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.128 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79D2E
RGB	rgb(167, 157, 46)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 72.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, -9.25, 56.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 56.83, 99.37°)
OKLab	oklab(68.46% -0.0312 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(68.46% 0.128 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.4877, 32.5278, 7.3622)
Luminance	0.3253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79D2E #2E38A7

analogous

#A7602E #A79D2E #75A72E

triadic

#A79D2E #2EA79D #9D2EA7

tetradic

#A79D2E #2EA760 #2E38A7 #A72E75

square

#A79D2E #2EA760 #2E38A7 #A72E75

split-complementary

#A79D2E #2E75A7 #602EA7

monochromatic

#474314 #777021 #A79D2E #CCC146 #D9D176

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A79D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#A79D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79D2E

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79D2E	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB981B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 157, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.128 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b96e',
    500: '#a79d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79d2e;
$custom-light: #c5b96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.041,
    "s": 56.808,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68456,
    "c": 0.12806,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79D2E

secondary

#7076C1

accent

#54E048

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79D2E

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

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