#B79B36#B79B36

#B79B36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.122 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79B36
RGB	rgb(183, 155, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 70.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, -0.68, 54.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 54.39, 90.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% -0.0069 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.122 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9173, 33.7781, 8.3280)
Luminance	0.3378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79B36 #3652B7

analogous

#B75B36 #B79B36 #93B736

triadic

#B79B36 #36B79B #9B36B7

tetradic

#B79B36 #36B75B #3652B7 #B73693

square

#B79B36 #36B75B #3652B7 #B73693

split-complementary

#B79B36 #3693B7 #5B36B7

monochromatic

#584B1A #887328 #B79B36 #CFB65B #DDCB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B79B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#B79B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79B36

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79B36	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 155, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.122 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b873',
    500: '#b79b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79b36;
$custom-light: #d0b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.977,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69627,
    "c": 0.12173,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79B36

secondary

#8291C7

accent

#6ADE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79B36

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

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