#B79B38#B79B38

#B79B38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.120 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79B38
RGB	rgb(183, 155, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 69.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.80, -0.57, 53.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.80, 53.57, 90.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% -0.0063 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.12 93)
XYZ	xyz(31.9652, 33.7973, 8.5805)
Luminance	0.3379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79B38 #3854B7

analogous

#B75C38 #B79B38 #94B738

triadic

#B79B38 #38B79B #9B38B7

tetradic

#B79B38 #38B75C #3854B7 #B73894

square

#B79B38 #38B75C #3854B7 #B73894

split-complementary

#B79B38 #3894B7 #5C38B7

monochromatic

#594C1B #88732A #B79B38 #CEB55E #DCCB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B79B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#B79B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79B38

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79B38	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)

#AB982B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 155, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.120 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b874',
    500: '#b79b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79b38;
$custom-light: #d0b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.772,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69644,
    "c": 0.12033,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.33795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79B38

secondary

#8493C7

accent

#6BDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79B38

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

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