Yellow Brown#B79400

#B79400 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.139 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Yellow Brown — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#B79400
RGB	rgb(183, 148, 0)
HSL	hsl(49, 100%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(49, 100%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 100%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.72, 1.59, 66.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.72, 66.87, 88.64°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% -0.0045 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.139 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1203, 31.2491, 4.4453)
Luminance	0.3125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79400 #0023B7

analogous

#B73900 #B79400 #7EB700

triadic

#B79400 #00B794 #9400B7

tetradic

#B79400 #00B739 #0023B7 #B7007E

square

#B79400 #00B739 #0023B7 #B7007E

split-complementary

#B79400 #007EB7 #3900B7

monochromatic

#3D3100 #7A6300 #B79400 #F4C500 #FFD832

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#B79400 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#B79400 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79400

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79400	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79400	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9C14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79400;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 148, 0);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.139 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b25e',
    500: '#b79400',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79400;
$custom-light: #d2b25e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79400",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 0
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.525,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67925,
    "c": 0.13893,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79400

secondary

#3757DC

accent

#52FF29

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF5EB

border

#D4CFC6

text

#151005

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79400

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

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