#B79931#B79931

#B79931 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.124 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79931
RGB	rgb(183, 153, 49)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 73.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.22, 0.15, 55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.22, 55.85, 89.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.17% -0.0051 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(69.17% 0.124 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4758, 33.0733, 7.6311)
Luminance	0.3307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79931 #314FB7

analogous

#B75631 #B79931 #92B731

triadic

#B79931 #31B799 #9931B7

tetradic

#B79931 #31B756 #314FB7 #B73192

square

#B79931 #31B756 #314FB7 #B73192

split-complementary

#B79931 #3192B7 #5631B7

monochromatic

#564817 #877124 #B79931 #D1B554 #DECA84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B79931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#B79931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79931

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79931	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 153, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.124 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b670',
    500: '#b79931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79931;
$custom-light: #d1b670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.567,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69169,
    "c": 0.1238,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79931

secondary

#7C8DC8

accent

#69E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79931

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

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