#A79F1E#A79F1E

#A79F1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.138 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79F1E
RGB	rgb(167, 159, 30)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(56, 82%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 82%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.25, -10.96, 61.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.25, 62.74, 100.06°)
OKLab	oklab(68.8% -0.0374 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(68.8% 0.138 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5701, 33.1066, 6.1133)
Luminance	0.3311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79F1E #1E26A7

analogous

#A75A1E #A79F1E #6AA71E

triadic

#A79F1E #1EA79F #9F1EA7

tetradic

#A79F1E #1EA75A #1E26A7 #A71E6A

square

#A79F1E #1EA75A #1E26A7 #A71E6A

split-complementary

#A79F1E #1E6AA7 #5A1EA7

monochromatic

#3F3C0B #736E15 #A79F1E #D9CE2A #E2DA5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A79F1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#A79F1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79F1E

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79F1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79F1E	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19E2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79f1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 159, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.138 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bb67',
    500: '#a79f1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79f1e;
$custom-light: #c5bb67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79f1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.496,
    "s": 69.543,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68804,
    "c": 0.13847,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79F1E

secondary

#5B61C6

accent

#46EC3B

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79F1E

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

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