#A79E36#A79E36

#A79E36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.123 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79E36
RGB	rgb(167, 158, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 67.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.11, -9.35, 53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.11, 54.04, 99.96°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% -0.0306 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.123 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8302, 32.9366, 8.3281)
Luminance	0.3294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79E36 #363FA7

analogous

#A76536 #A79E36 #77A736

triadic

#A79E36 #36A79E #9E36A7

tetradic

#A79E36 #36A765 #363FA7 #A73677

square

#A79E36 #36A765 #363FA7 #A73677

split-complementary

#A79E36 #3677A7 #6536A7

monochromatic

#4B4618 #797227 #A79E36 #C7BE53 #D6D081

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A79E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#A79E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79E36

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79E36	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 158, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.123 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ba73',
    500: '#a79e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79e36;
$custom-light: #c4ba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.221,
    "s": 51.131,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68739,
    "c": 0.12348,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79E36

secondary

#797FC0

accent

#58DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79E36

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

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