#A79E2B#A79E2B

#A79E2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.131 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79E2B
RGB	rgb(167, 158, 43)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 74.3%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.03, -9.92, 57.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.03, 58.27, 99.81°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% -0.0334 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.131 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6005, 32.8447, 7.1182)
Luminance	0.3284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79E2B #2B34A7

analogous

#A7602B #A79E2B #72A72B

triadic

#A79E2B #2BA79E #9E2BA7

tetradic

#A79E2B #2BA760 #2B34A7 #A72B72

square

#A79E2B #2BA760 #2B34A7 #A72B72

split-complementary

#A79E2B #2B72A7 #602BA7

monochromatic

#464212 #76701E #A79E2B #CEC441 #DBD372

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A79E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#A79E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79E2B

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79E2B	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9815

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 158, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.131 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ba6d',
    500: '#a79e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79e2b;
$custom-light: #c5ba6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.645,
    "s": 59.048,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68656,
    "c": 0.13084,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79E2B

secondary

#6C72C2

accent

#51E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79E2B

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

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