#B79737#B79737

#B79737 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.119 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79737
RGB	rgb(183, 151, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 69.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, 1.54, 52.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 52.92, 88.33°)
OKLab	oklab(68.8% -0.0004 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(68.8% 0.119 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2863, 32.4782, 8.2347)
Luminance	0.3248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79737 #3757B7

analogous

#B75737 #B79737 #97B737

triadic

#B79737 #37B797 #9737B7

tetradic

#B79737 #37B757 #3757B7 #B73797

square

#B79737 #37B757 #3757B7 #B73797

split-complementary

#B79737 #3797B7 #5737B7

monochromatic

#59491B #887029 #B79737 #CEB25D #DCC88C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#B79737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#B79737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79737

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79737	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8952A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 151, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.119 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b573',
    500: '#b79737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79737;
$custom-light: #d0b573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68801,
    "c": 0.11856,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79737

secondary

#8394C7

accent

#6FDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79737

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

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