#A79F26#A79F26
#A79F26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; 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 | #A79F26 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(167, 159, 38) |
| HSL | hsl(56, 63%, 40%) |
| HSV | hsv(56, 77%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 77.2%, 34.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.28, -10.67, 59.38) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.28, 60.33, 100.18°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.85% -0.0359 0.1297) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.85% 0.135 105.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.6856, 33.1528, 6.7215) |
| Luminance | 0.3315 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.01
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.19
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 4.89
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 5.51
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 5.85
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 6.08
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A79F26 #262EA7
analogous
#A75E26 #A79F26 #6EA726
triadic
#A79F26 #26A79F #9F26A7
tetradic
#A79F26 #26A75E #262EA7 #A7266E
square
#A79F26 #26A75E #262EA7 #A7266E
split-complementary
#A79F26 #266EA7 #5E26A7
monochromatic
#43400F #75701B #A79F26 #D2C838 #DDD66A
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.75
#A79F26 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.63
#A79F26 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A79F26
7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A79F26 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A79F26 | 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)
#AD9907
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B09E30
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B49488
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a79f26; /* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 159, 38); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.135 105.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c5bb6b',
500: '#a79f26',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a79f26; $custom-light: #c5bb6b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a79f26",
"rgb": {
"r": 167,
"g": 159,
"b": 38
},
"hsl": {
"h": 56.279,
"s": 62.927,
"l": 40.196
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68846,
"c": 0.1346,
"h": 105.5
},
"luminance": 0.33152
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A79F26
secondary
#656BC3
accent
#4CE642
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#131107
muted
#82807A