#A79F23#A79F23

#A79F23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.136 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79F23
RGB	rgb(167, 159, 35)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 79%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.27, -10.78, 60.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.27, 61.28, 100.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% -0.0365 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.136 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6391, 33.1342, 6.4768)
Luminance	0.3313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79F23 #232BA7

analogous

#A75D23 #A79F23 #6DA723

triadic

#A79F23 #23A79F #9F23A7

tetradic

#A79F23 #23A75D #232BA7 #A7236D

square

#A79F23 #23A75D #232BA7 #A7236D

split-complementary

#A79F23 #236DA7 #5D23A7

monochromatic

#423F0E #746F18 #A79F23 #D4CA33 #DFD766

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#A79F23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#A79F23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79F23

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79F23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79F23	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79f23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 159, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.136 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bb69',
    500: '#a79f23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79f23;
$custom-light: #c5bb69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79f23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68829,
    "c": 0.13615,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79F23

secondary

#6167C4

accent

#4AE83F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79F23

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

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