#A79F24#A79F24
#A79F24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.136 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A79F24 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(167, 159, 36) |
| HSL | hsl(56, 65%, 40%) |
| HSV | hsv(56, 78%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 78.4%, 34.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.27, -10.75, 60.01) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.27, 60.97, 100.15°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.83% -0.0363 0.1307) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.83% 0.136 105.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.6542, 33.1403, 6.5561) |
| Luminance | 0.3314 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.94
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.08
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 4.85
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 5.50
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 5.80
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 6.00
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A79F24 #242CA7
analogous
#A75E24 #A79F24 #6DA724
triadic
#A79F24 #24A79F #9F24A7
tetradic
#A79F24 #24A75E #242CA7 #A7246D
square
#A79F24 #24A75E #242CA7 #A7246D
split-complementary
#A79F24 #246DA7 #5E24A7
monochromatic
#423F0E #756F19 #A79F24 #D3CA35 #DED767
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.75
#A79F24 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.63
#A79F24 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A79F24
7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A79F24 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A79F24 | 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)
#AD9901
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B09E2E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B49488
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a79f24; /* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 159, 36); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.136 105.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c5bb6a',
500: '#a79f24',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a79f24; $custom-light: #c5bb6a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a79f24",
"rgb": {
"r": 167,
"g": 159,
"b": 36
},
"hsl": {
"h": 56.336,
"s": 64.532,
"l": 39.804
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68834,
"c": 0.13564,
"h": 105.5
},
"luminance": 0.33139
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A79F24
secondary
#6369C4
accent
#4AE840
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#131107
muted
#82807A