#A79E2E#A79E2E

#A79E2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.129 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79E2E
RGB	rgb(167, 158, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 72.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.05, -9.78, 56.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.05, 57.18, 99.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.68% -0.0327 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(68.68% 0.129 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6575, 32.8676, 7.4188)
Luminance	0.3287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79E2E #2E37A7

analogous

#A7622E #A79E2E #74A72E

triadic

#A79E2E #2EA79E #9E2EA7

tetradic

#A79E2E #2EA762 #2E37A7 #A72E74

square

#A79E2E #2EA762 #2E37A7 #A72E74

split-complementary

#A79E2E #2E74A7 #622EA7

monochromatic

#474314 #777121 #A79E2E #CCC246 #D9D276

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A79E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#A79E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79E2E

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79E2E	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)

#AC981B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 158, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.129 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ba6f',
    500: '#a79e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79e2e;
$custom-light: #c5ba6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.537,
    "s": 56.808,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68676,
    "c": 0.12898,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79E2E

secondary

#7076C1

accent

#53E048

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79E2E

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

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