#A79E1E#A79E1E

#A79E1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.138 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79E1E
RGB	rgb(167, 158, 30)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(56, 82%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 82%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.97, -10.43, 61.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.97, 62.41, 99.62°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% -0.036 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.138 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3988, 32.7641, 6.0562)
Luminance	0.3276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79E1E #1E27A7

analogous

#A7591E #A79E1E #6BA71E

triadic

#A79E1E #1EA79E #9E1EA7

tetradic

#A79E1E #1EA759 #1E27A7 #A71E6B

square

#A79E1E #1EA759 #1E27A7 #A71E6B

split-complementary

#A79E1E #1E6BA7 #591EA7

monochromatic

#3F3C0B #736D15 #A79E1E #D9CD2A #E2D95D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A79E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#A79E1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79E1E

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79E1E	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09D2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 158, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.138 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ba67',
    500: '#a79e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79e1e;
$custom-light: #c5ba67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.058,
    "s": 69.543,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68583,
    "c": 0.13757,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79E1E

secondary

#5B62C6

accent

#47EC3B

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79E1E

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

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