#B79B31#B79B31

#B79B31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.125 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79B31
RGB	rgb(183, 155, 49)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 73.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.75, -0.93, 56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.75, 56.38, 90.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% -0.0082 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.125 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8059, 33.7335, 7.7411)
Luminance	0.3373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79B31 #314DB7

analogous

#B75831 #B79B31 #90B731

triadic

#B79B31 #31B79B #9B31B7

tetradic

#B79B31 #31B758 #314DB7 #B73190

square

#B79B31 #31B758 #314DB7 #B73190

split-complementary

#B79B31 #3190B7 #5831B7

monochromatic

#564917 #877224 #B79B31 #D1B754 #DECB84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B79B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#B79B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79B31

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79B31	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 155, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.125 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b870',
    500: '#b79b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79b31;
$custom-light: #d0b870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.463,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69588,
    "c": 0.12507,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79B31

secondary

#7C8CC8

accent

#67E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79B31

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

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