#A79D31#A79D31

#A79D31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.126 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79D31
RGB	rgb(167, 157, 49)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 70.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.80, -9.10, 54.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.80, 55.68, 99.41°)
OKLab	oklab(68.48% -0.0304 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(68.48% 0.126 104)
XYZ	xyz(28.5489, 32.5523, 7.6846)
Luminance	0.3255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79D31 #313BA7

analogous

#A76231 #A79D31 #76A731

triadic

#A79D31 #31A79D #9D31A7

tetradic

#A79D31 #31A762 #313BA7 #A73176

square

#A79D31 #31A762 #313BA7 #A73176

split-complementary

#A79D31 #3176A7 #6231A7

monochromatic

#484415 #787123 #A79D31 #CABF4B #D8D07A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A79D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#A79D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79D31

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79D31	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)

#AB9820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 157, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.126 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b970',
    500: '#a79d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79d31;
$custom-light: #c4b970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.915,
    "s": 54.63,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68478,
    "c": 0.12608,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.32551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79D31

secondary

#737AC1

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79D31

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

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