#A79F21#A79F21

#A79F21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.137 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79F21
RGB	rgb(167, 159, 33)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(56, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 80.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.26, -10.86, 60.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.26, 61.88, 100.10°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% -0.0369 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.137 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6103, 33.1227, 6.3248)
Luminance	0.3312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79F21 #2129A7

analogous

#A75C21 #A79F21 #6CA721

triadic

#A79F21 #21A79F #9F21A7

tetradic

#A79F21 #21A75C #2129A7 #A7216C

square

#A79F21 #21A75C #2129A7 #A7216C

split-complementary

#A79F21 #216CA7 #5C21A7

monochromatic

#413E0D #746E17 #A79F21 #D6CC2F #E0D962

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#A79F21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#A79F21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79F21

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79F21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79F21	1.00	2.75	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.75	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)

#B09E2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79f21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 159, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.137 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bb69',
    500: '#a79f21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79f21;
$custom-light: #c5bb69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79f21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.418,
    "s": 67,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68818,
    "c": 0.13711,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79F21

secondary

#5F65C5

accent

#48EA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79F21

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

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