#A79E2D#A79E2D

#A79E2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.130 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79E2D
RGB	rgb(167, 158, 45)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 73.1%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.05, -9.83, 56.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.05, 57.55, 99.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.67% -0.0329 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(68.67% 0.13 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6381, 32.8598, 7.3162)
Luminance	0.3286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79E2D #2D36A7

analogous

#A7612D #A79E2D #73A72D

triadic

#A79E2D #2DA79E #9E2DA7

tetradic

#A79E2D #2DA761 #2D36A7 #A72D73

square

#A79E2D #2DA761 #2D36A7 #A72D73

split-complementary

#A79E2D #2D73A7 #612DA7

monochromatic

#474313 #777020 #A79E2D #CDC344 #DAD275

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A79E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#A79E2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79E2D

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79E2D	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)

#AC9819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 158, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.130 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ba6e',
    500: '#a79e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79e2d;
$custom-light: #c5ba6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.574,
    "s": 57.547,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68669,
    "c": 0.12961,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79E2D

secondary

#6E74C1

accent

#52E147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79E2D

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

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