#A79E2F#A79E2F

#A79E2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.128 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79E2F
RGB	rgb(167, 158, 47)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 71.9%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.06, -9.73, 55.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.06, 56.80, 99.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.68% -0.0324 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(68.68% 0.128 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6775, 32.8756, 7.5238)
Luminance	0.3287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79E2F #2F38A7

analogous

#A7622F #A79E2F #74A72F

triadic

#A79E2F #2FA79E #9E2FA7

tetradic

#A79E2F #2FA762 #2F38A7 #A72F74

square

#A79E2F #2FA762 #2F38A7 #A72F74

split-complementary

#A79E2F #2F74A7 #622FA7

monochromatic

#474414 #777122 #A79E2F #CBC248 #D9D278

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A79E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#A79E2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79E2F

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79E2F	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)

#AC981D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 158, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.128 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ba6f',
    500: '#a79e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79e2f;
$custom-light: #c5ba6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.5,
    "s": 56.075,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68684,
    "c": 0.12834,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79E2F

secondary

#7177C1

accent

#54DF48

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79E2F

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

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