#A79D37#A79D37

#A79D37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.122 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79D37
RGB	rgb(167, 157, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 67.1%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.84, -8.76, 52.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.84, 53.25, 99.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.53% -0.0288 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(68.53% 0.122 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6840, 32.6064, 8.3964)
Luminance	0.3261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79D37 #3741A7

analogous

#A76537 #A79D37 #79A737

triadic

#A79D37 #37A79D #9D37A7

tetradic

#A79D37 #37A765 #3741A7 #A73779

square

#A79D37 #37A765 #3741A7 #A73779

split-complementary

#A79D37 #3779A7 #6537A7

monochromatic

#4B4619 #797228 #A79D37 #C7BD54 #D6CF82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A79D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#A79D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79D37

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79D37	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)

#AB9829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 157, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.122 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b973',
    500: '#a79d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79d37;
$custom-light: #c4b973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.643,
    "s": 50.45,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68528,
    "c": 0.12178,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79D37

secondary

#7A80C0

accent

#5ADA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79D37

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

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