#A79E39#A79E39

#A79E39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.121 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79E39
RGB	rgb(167, 158, 57)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 65.9%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.13, -9.17, 51.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.13, 52.79, 100.01°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% -0.0298 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.121 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9028, 32.9657, 8.7107)
Luminance	0.3296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79E39 #3942A7

analogous

#A76739 #A79E39 #79A739

triadic

#A79E39 #39A79E #9E39A7

tetradic

#A79E39 #39A767 #3942A7 #A73979

square

#A79E39 #39A767 #3942A7 #A73979

split-complementary

#A79E39 #3979A7 #6739A7

monochromatic

#4C481A #797329 #A79E39 #C6BD57 #D5CF85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A79E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#A79E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79E39

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79E39	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)

#AC992C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 158, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.121 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ba75',
    500: '#a79e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79e39;
$custom-light: #c4ba75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.091,
    "s": 49.107,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68765,
    "c": 0.1212,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79E39

secondary

#7D82BF

accent

#5AD94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79E39

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

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