#A79D36#A79D36

#A79D36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.123 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79D36
RGB	rgb(167, 157, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 67.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.83, -8.82, 52.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.83, 53.67, 99.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.52% -0.0291 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(68.52% 0.123 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6603, 32.5969, 8.2715)
Luminance	0.3260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79D36 #3640A7

analogous

#A76436 #A79D36 #78A736

triadic

#A79D36 #36A79D #9D36A7

tetradic

#A79D36 #36A764 #3640A7 #A73678

square

#A79D36 #36A764 #3640A7 #A73678

split-complementary

#A79D36 #3678A7 #6436A7

monochromatic

#4B4618 #797227 #A79D36 #C7BD53 #D6CF81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A79D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#A79D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79D36

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79D36	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 157, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.123 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b973',
    500: '#a79d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79d36;
$custom-light: #c4b973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.69,
    "s": 51.131,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68519,
    "c": 0.12253,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79D36

secondary

#797FC0

accent

#5ADB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79D36

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

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