#A79E24#A79E24

#A79E24 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	#A79E24
RGB	rgb(167, 158, 36)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 78.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.00, -10.22, 59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.00, 60.63, 99.70°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% -0.0349 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.135 105)
XYZ	xyz(28.4829, 32.7977, 6.4990)
Luminance	0.3280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79E24 #242DA7

analogous

#A75D24 #A79E24 #6EA724

triadic

#A79E24 #24A79E #9E24A7

tetradic

#A79E24 #24A75D #242DA7 #A7246E

square

#A79E24 #24A75D #242DA7 #A7246E

split-complementary

#A79E24 #246EA7 #5D24A7

monochromatic

#423F0E #756E19 #A79E24 #D3C935 #DED667

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A79E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#A79E24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79E24

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79E24	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)

#AC9802

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09D2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 158, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.135 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ba6a',
    500: '#a79e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79e24;
$custom-light: #c5ba6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.878,
    "s": 64.532,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68613,
    "c": 0.13474,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.32797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79E24

secondary

#6369C4

accent

#4CE840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79E24

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

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