#A79E22#A79E22

#A79E22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.136 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79E22
RGB	rgb(167, 158, 34)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(56, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 79.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.99, -10.29, 60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.99, 61.25, 99.68°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% -0.0352 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.136 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.4532, 32.7858, 6.3426)
Luminance	0.3278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79E22 #222BA7

analogous

#A75C22 #A79E22 #6EA722

triadic

#A79E22 #22A79E #9E22A7

tetradic

#A79E22 #22A75C #222BA7 #A7226E

square

#A79E22 #22A75C #222BA7 #A7226E

split-complementary

#A79E22 #226EA7 #5C22A7

monochromatic

#413E0D #746E18 #A79E22 #D5CA31 #DFD764

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A79E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#A79E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79E22

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79E22	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09D2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 158, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.136 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ba69',
    500: '#a79e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79e22;
$custom-light: #c5ba69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.94,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68602,
    "c": 0.13574,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79E22

secondary

#6067C5

accent

#4AE93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79E22

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

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