#A79E2C#A79E2C

#A79E2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.130 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79E2C
RGB	rgb(167, 158, 44)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 73.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.04, -9.88, 57.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.04, 57.91, 99.82°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% -0.0332 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.13 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6190, 32.8522, 7.2160)
Luminance	0.3285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79E2C #2C35A7

analogous

#A7612C #A79E2C #73A72C

triadic

#A79E2C #2CA79E #9E2CA7

tetradic

#A79E2C #2CA761 #2C35A7 #A72C73

square

#A79E2C #2CA761 #2C35A7 #A72C73

split-complementary

#A79E2C #2C73A7 #612CA7

monochromatic

#464212 #77701F #A79E2C #CDC343 #DAD373

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A79E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#A79E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79E2C

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79E2C	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)

#AC9817

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 158, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.130 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ba6e',
    500: '#a79e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79e2c;
$custom-light: #c5ba6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.61,
    "s": 58.294,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68662,
    "c": 0.13023,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79E2C

secondary

#6D73C2

accent

#52E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79E2C

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

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