#A79E20#A79E20

#A79E20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.137 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79E20
RGB	rgb(167, 158, 32)
HSL	hsl(56, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(56, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 80.8%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.98, -10.36, 60.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.98, 61.84, 99.65°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% -0.0356 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.137 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.4252, 32.7746, 6.1951)
Luminance	0.3277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79E20 #2029A7

analogous

#A75B20 #A79E20 #6DA720

triadic

#A79E20 #20A79E #9E20A7

tetradic

#A79E20 #20A75B #2029A7 #A7206D

square

#A79E20 #20A75B #2029A7 #A7206D

split-complementary

#A79E20 #206DA7 #5B20A7

monochromatic

#403D0C #746D16 #A79E20 #D7CC2D #E1D861

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A79E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#A79E20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79E20

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79E20	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)

#B09D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 158, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.137 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ba68',
    500: '#a79e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79e20;
$custom-light: #c5ba68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 67.839,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68592,
    "c": 0.13668,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79E20

secondary

#5D64C5

accent

#49EB3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79E20

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

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