#B79B37#B79B37

#B79B37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.121 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79B37
RGB	rgb(183, 155, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 69.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, -0.63, 53.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 53.98, 90.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% -0.0066 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.121 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9410, 33.7876, 8.4530)
Luminance	0.3379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79B37 #3753B7

analogous

#B75B37 #B79B37 #93B737

triadic

#B79B37 #37B79B #9B37B7

tetradic

#B79B37 #37B75B #3753B7 #B73793

square

#B79B37 #37B75B #3753B7 #B73793

split-complementary

#B79B37 #3793B7 #5B37B7

monochromatic

#594B1B #887329 #B79B37 #CEB55D #DCCB8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B79B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#B79B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79B37

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79B37	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)

#AB9829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 155, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.121 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b873',
    500: '#b79b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79b37;
$custom-light: #d0b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.875,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69636,
    "c": 0.12103,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79B37

secondary

#8392C7

accent

#6BDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79B37

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

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