#B79938#B79938

#B79938 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.119 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79938
RGB	rgb(183, 153, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 69.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.27, 0.51, 53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.27, 53.02, 89.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% -0.0032 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.119 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6351, 33.1371, 8.4704)
Luminance	0.3313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79938 #3856B7

analogous

#B75A38 #B79938 #96B738

triadic

#B79938 #38B799 #9938B7

tetradic

#B79938 #38B75A #3856B7 #B73896

square

#B79938 #38B75A #3856B7 #B73896

split-complementary

#B79938 #3896B7 #5A38B7

monochromatic

#594B1B #88722A #B79938 #CEB45E #DCCA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B79938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#B79938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79938

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79938	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)

#A9972B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 153, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.119 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b674',
    500: '#b79938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79938;
$custom-light: #d0b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.827,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69226,
    "c": 0.11904,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79938

secondary

#8494C7

accent

#6EDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79938

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

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