#A79F38#A79F38

#A79F38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.123 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79F38
RGB	rgb(167, 159, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 66.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, -9.76, 52.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 53.58, 100.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.98% -0.0316 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(68.98% 0.123 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0494, 33.2983, 8.6376)
Luminance	0.3330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79F38 #3840A7

analogous

#A76738 #A79F38 #77A738

triadic

#A79F38 #38A79F #9F38A7

tetradic

#A79F38 #38A767 #3840A7 #A73877

square

#A79F38 #38A767 #3840A7 #A73877

split-complementary

#A79F38 #3877A7 #6738A7

monochromatic

#4B4819 #797329 #A79F38 #C6BE56 #D6D084

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#A79F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#A79F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79F38

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79F38	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD992A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 159, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.123 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bb74',
    500: '#a79f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79f38;
$custom-light: #c4bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.676,
    "s": 49.776,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68976,
    "c": 0.12294,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79F38

secondary

#7B80BF

accent

#59D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79F38

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

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