#B79A38#B79A38

#B79A38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.120 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79A38
RGB	rgb(183, 154, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 69.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, -0.03, 53.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 53.29, 90.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% -0.0048 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.12 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7995, 33.4658, 8.5252)
Luminance	0.3346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79A38 #3855B7

analogous

#B75B38 #B79A38 #95B738

triadic

#B79A38 #38B79A #9A38B7

tetradic

#B79A38 #38B75B #3855B7 #B73895

square

#B79A38 #38B75B #3855B7 #B73895

split-complementary

#B79A38 #3895B7 #5B38B7

monochromatic

#594B1B #88732A #B79A38 #CEB45E #DCCA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B79A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#B79A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79A38

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79A38	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)

#AA982B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 154, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.120 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b774',
    500: '#b79a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79a38;
$custom-light: #d0b774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.299,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69435,
    "c": 0.11968,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79A38

secondary

#8493C7

accent

#6CDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79A38

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

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