#A79E31#A79E31

#A79E31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.127 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79E31
RGB	rgb(167, 158, 49)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 70.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.07, -9.63, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.07, 56.04, 99.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.7% -0.0319 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(68.7% 0.127 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7188, 32.8921, 7.7412)
Luminance	0.3289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79E31 #313AA7

analogous

#A76331 #A79E31 #75A731

triadic

#A79E31 #31A79E #9E31A7

tetradic

#A79E31 #31A763 #313AA7 #A73175

square

#A79E31 #31A763 #313AA7 #A73175

split-complementary

#A79E31 #3175A7 #6331A7

monochromatic

#484415 #787123 #A79E31 #CAC04B #D8D17A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A79E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#A79E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79E31

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79E31	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 158, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.127 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ba70',
    500: '#a79e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79e31;
$custom-light: #c4ba70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.424,
    "s": 54.63,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68699,
    "c": 0.12701,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79E31

secondary

#7379C1

accent

#55DE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79E31

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

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