#B79B30#B79B30

#B79B30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.126 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79B30
RGB	rgb(183, 155, 48)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 73.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, -0.98, 56.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 56.76, 90.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% -0.0084 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.126 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7850, 33.7252, 7.6312)
Luminance	0.3372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79B30 #304CB7

analogous

#B75830 #B79B30 #8FB730

triadic

#B79B30 #30B79B #9B30B7

tetradic

#B79B30 #30B758 #304CB7 #B7308F

square

#B79B30 #30B758 #304CB7 #B7308F

split-complementary

#B79B30 #308FB7 #5830B7

monochromatic

#564917 #877223 #B79B30 #D2B752 #DECB83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B79B30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#B79B30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79B30

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79B30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79B30	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC981F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79b30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 155, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.126 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b870',
    500: '#b79b30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79b30;
$custom-light: #d1b870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79b30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.556,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6958,
    "c": 0.1257,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79B30

secondary

#7B8BC8

accent

#66E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79B30

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

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