#B79B33#B79B33

#B79B33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.124 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79B33
RGB	rgb(183, 155, 51)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 72.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, -0.83, 55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 55.60, 90.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.6% -0.0077 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(69.6% 0.124 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.8490, 33.7508, 7.9683)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79B33 #334FB7

analogous

#B75933 #B79B33 #91B733

triadic

#B79B33 #33B79B #9B33B7

tetradic

#B79B33 #33B759 #334FB7 #B73391

square

#B79B33 #33B759 #334FB7 #B73391

split-complementary

#B79B33 #3391B7 #5933B7

monochromatic

#574A18 #877226 #B79B33 #D0B657 #DECB87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B79B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#B79B33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79B33

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79B33	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)

#AC9823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 155, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.124 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b871',
    500: '#b79b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79b33;
$custom-light: #d0b871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.273,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69603,
    "c": 0.12377,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79B33

secondary

#7F8EC7

accent

#68E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79B33

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

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