#A79F33#A79F33
#A79F33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.127 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A79F33 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(167, 159, 51) |
| HSL | hsl(56, 53%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(56, 69%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 69.5%, 34.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.36, -10.05, 54.70) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.36, 55.62, 100.41°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.94% -0.0329 0.1222) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.94% 0.127 105.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.9332, 33.2519, 8.0255) |
| Luminance | 0.3325 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.73
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.15
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 5.33
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 5.84
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 6.33
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 6.70
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A79F33 #333BA7
analogous
#A76533 #A79F33 #75A733
triadic
#A79F33 #33A79F #9F33A7
tetradic
#A79F33 #33A765 #333BA7 #A73375
square
#A79F33 #33A765 #333BA7 #A73375
split-complementary
#A79F33 #3375A7 #6533A7
monochromatic
#494616 #787225 #A79F33 #C9C14E #D7D17D
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.75
#A79F33 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.65
#A79F33 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A79F33
7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A79F33 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A79F33 | 1.00 | 2.75 | 7.65 | 7.65 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.75 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.65 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.65 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AD9923
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B09E3A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B39489
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a79f33; /* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 159, 51); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.127 105.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c4bb71',
500: '#a79f33',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a79f33; $custom-light: #c4bb71; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a79f33",
"rgb": {
"r": 167,
"g": 159,
"b": 51
},
"hsl": {
"h": 55.862,
"s": 53.211,
"l": 42.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68935,
"c": 0.12658,
"h": 105.1
},
"luminance": 0.33251
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A79F33
secondary
#767BC0
accent
#55DD4B
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F6ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#131108
muted
#82807B