#B79937#B79937

#B79937 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.120 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79937
RGB	rgb(183, 153, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 69.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.26, 0.45, 53.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.26, 53.44, 89.51°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.0035 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.12 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6109, 33.1274, 8.3429)
Luminance	0.3313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79937 #3755B7

analogous

#B75937 #B79937 #95B737

triadic

#B79937 #37B799 #9937B7

tetradic

#B79937 #37B759 #3755B7 #B73795

square

#B79937 #37B759 #3755B7 #B73795

split-complementary

#B79937 #3795B7 #5937B7

monochromatic

#594A1B #887229 #B79937 #CEB45D #DCCA8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B79937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#B79937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79937

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79937	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA972A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 153, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.120 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b673',
    500: '#b79937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79937;
$custom-light: #d0b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.938,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69218,
    "c": 0.11976,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79937

secondary

#8393C7

accent

#6DDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79937

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

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