#A79D38#A79D38

#A79D38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.121 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79D38
RGB	rgb(167, 157, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 66.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.85, -8.70, 52.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.85, 52.83, 99.48°)
OKLab	oklab(68.54% -0.0285 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(68.54% 0.121 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7083, 32.6161, 8.5239)
Luminance	0.3261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79D38 #3842A7

analogous

#A76538 #A79D38 #79A738

triadic

#A79D38 #38A79D #9D38A7

tetradic

#A79D38 #38A765 #3842A7 #A73879

square

#A79D38 #38A765 #3842A7 #A73879

split-complementary

#A79D38 #3879A7 #6538A7

monochromatic

#4B4719 #797229 #A79D38 #C6BC56 #D6CE84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A79D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#A79D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79D38

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79D38	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)

#AB982B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 157, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.121 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b974',
    500: '#a79d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79d38;
$custom-light: #c4b974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.595,
    "s": 49.776,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68537,
    "c": 0.12102,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79D38

secondary

#7B82BF

accent

#5BD94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79D38

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

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