#A79E23#A79E23

#A79E23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.135 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79E23
RGB	rgb(167, 158, 35)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 79%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.99, -10.26, 60.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.99, 60.94, 99.69°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% -0.0351 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.135 105)
XYZ	xyz(28.4678, 32.7917, 6.4197)
Luminance	0.3279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79E23 #232CA7

analogous

#A75C23 #A79E23 #6EA723

triadic

#A79E23 #23A79E #9E23A7

tetradic

#A79E23 #23A75C #232CA7 #A7236E

square

#A79E23 #23A75C #232CA7 #A7236E

split-complementary

#A79E23 #236EA7 #5C23A7

monochromatic

#423E0E #746E18 #A79E23 #D4C933 #DFD766

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A79E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#A79E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79E23

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79E23	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)

#B09D2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 158, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.135 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ba69',
    500: '#a79e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79e23;
$custom-light: #c5ba69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68608,
    "c": 0.13525,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.32791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79E23

secondary

#6168C4

accent

#4BE83F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79E23

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →