#B79A37#B79A37

#B79A37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.120 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79A37
RGB	rgb(183, 154, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 69.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.53, -0.09, 53.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.53, 53.71, 90.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.0051 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.12 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7753, 33.4561, 8.3977)
Luminance	0.3345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79A37 #3754B7

analogous

#B75A37 #B79A37 #94B737

triadic

#B79A37 #37B79A #9A37B7

tetradic

#B79A37 #37B75A #3754B7 #B73794

square

#B79A37 #37B75A #3754B7 #B73794

split-complementary

#B79A37 #3794B7 #5A37B7

monochromatic

#594B1B #887229 #B79A37 #CEB55D #DCCA8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B79A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#B79A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79A37

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79A37	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA982A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 154, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.120 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b773',
    500: '#b79a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79a37;
$custom-light: #d0b773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.406,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69426,
    "c": 0.12039,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79A37

secondary

#8392C7

accent

#6CDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79A37

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

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