#A79F2E#A79F2E

#A79F2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.130 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79F2E
RGB	rgb(167, 159, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 72.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, -10.31, 56.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 57.54, 100.32°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% -0.0342 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.13 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.8288, 33.2101, 7.4759)
Luminance	0.3321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79F2E #2E36A7

analogous

#A7632E #A79F2E #73A72E

triadic

#A79F2E #2EA79F #9F2EA7

tetradic

#A79F2E #2EA763 #2E36A7 #A72E73

square

#A79F2E #2EA763 #2E36A7 #A72E73

split-complementary

#A79F2E #2E73A7 #632EA7

monochromatic

#474414 #777121 #A79F2E #CCC346 #D9D376

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#A79F2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#A79F2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79F2E

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79F2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79F2E	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)

#AD991A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79f2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 159, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.130 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bb6f',
    500: '#a79f2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79f2e;
$custom-light: #c5bb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79f2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.033,
    "s": 56.808,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68897,
    "c": 0.12992,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79F2E

secondary

#7075C1

accent

#52E048

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79F2E

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

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