#B79A31#B79A31

#B79A31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.124 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79A31
RGB	rgb(183, 154, 49)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 73.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.49, -0.39, 56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.49, 56.11, 90.40°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% -0.0066 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.124 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6401, 33.4021, 7.6858)
Luminance	0.3340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79A31 #314EB7

analogous

#B75731 #B79A31 #91B731

triadic

#B79A31 #31B79A #9A31B7

tetradic

#B79A31 #31B757 #314EB7 #B73191

square

#B79A31 #31B757 #314EB7 #B73191

split-complementary

#B79A31 #3191B7 #5731B7

monochromatic

#564917 #877124 #B79A31 #D1B654 #DECB84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B79A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#B79A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79A31

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79A31	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 154, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.124 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b770',
    500: '#b79a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79a31;
$custom-light: #d0b770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.015,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69378,
    "c": 0.12443,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79A31

secondary

#7C8DC8

accent

#68E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79A31

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

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