#B79B34#B79B34

#B79B34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.123 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79B34
RGB	rgb(183, 155, 52)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 71.6%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, -0.78, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 55.20, 90.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% -0.0074 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.123 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8713, 33.7597, 8.0857)
Luminance	0.3376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79B34 #3450B7

analogous

#B75934 #B79B34 #91B734

triadic

#B79B34 #34B79B #9B34B7

tetradic

#B79B34 #34B759 #3450B7 #B73491

square

#B79B34 #34B759 #3450B7 #B73491

split-complementary

#B79B34 #3491B7 #5934B7

monochromatic

#584A19 #877326 #B79B34 #D0B659 #DDCB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B79B34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#B79B34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79B34

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79B34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79B34	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)

#AC9825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79b34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 155, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.123 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b872',
    500: '#b79b34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79b34;
$custom-light: #d0b872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79b34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.176,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69611,
    "c": 0.1231,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79B34

secondary

#808FC7

accent

#69DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79B34

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

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