#A79F25#A79F25
#A79F25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.135 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A79F25 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(167, 159, 37) |
| HSL | hsl(56, 64%, 40%) |
| HSV | hsv(56, 78%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 77.8%, 34.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.28, -10.71, 59.70) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.28, 60.65, 100.17°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.84% -0.0361 0.1302) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.84% 0.135 105.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.6697, 33.1464, 6.6376) |
| Luminance | 0.3315 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.97
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.13
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 4.87
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 5.50
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 5.82
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 6.04
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A79F25 #252DA7
analogous
#A75E25 #A79F25 #6EA725
triadic
#A79F25 #25A79F #9F25A7
tetradic
#A79F25 #25A75E #252DA7 #A7256E
square
#A79F25 #25A75E #252DA7 #A7256E
split-complementary
#A79F25 #256EA7 #5E25A7
monochromatic
#43400F #756F1A #A79F25 #D3C937 #DED769
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.75
#A79F25 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.63
#A79F25 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A79F25
7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A79F25 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A79F25 | 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)
#AD9904
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B09E2F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B49488
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a79f25; /* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 159, 37); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.135 105.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c5bb6a',
500: '#a79f25',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a79f25; $custom-light: #c5bb6a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a79f25",
"rgb": {
"r": 167,
"g": 159,
"b": 37
},
"hsl": {
"h": 56.308,
"s": 63.725,
"l": 40
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.6884,
"c": 0.13513,
"h": 105.5
},
"luminance": 0.33145
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A79F25
secondary
#646AC4
accent
#4BE741
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#131107
muted
#82807A