#A79F2B#A79F2B

#A79F2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.132 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79F2B
RGB	rgb(167, 159, 43)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 74.3%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.31, -10.45, 57.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.31, 58.63, 100.27°)
OKLab	oklab(68.88% -0.0349 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(68.88% 0.132 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7717, 33.1873, 7.1753)
Luminance	0.3319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79F2B #2B33A7

analogous

#A7612B #A79F2B #71A72B

triadic

#A79F2B #2BA79F #9F2BA7

tetradic

#A79F2B #2BA761 #2B33A7 #A72B71

square

#A79F2B #2BA761 #2B33A7 #A72B71

split-complementary

#A79F2B #2B71A7 #612BA7

monochromatic

#464212 #76711E #A79F2B #CEC541 #DBD472

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#A79F2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#A79F2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79F2B

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79F2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79F2B	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9914

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79f2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 159, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.132 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bb6d',
    500: '#a79f2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79f2b;
$custom-light: #c5bb6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79f2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 59.048,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68877,
    "c": 0.13177,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79F2B

secondary

#6C71C2

accent

#50E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79F2B

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

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