#B79C31#B79C31

#B79C31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.126 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79C31
RGB	rgb(183, 156, 49)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 73.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.02, -1.47, 56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.02, 56.65, 91.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% -0.0097 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.126 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9730, 34.0678, 7.7968)
Luminance	0.3407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79C31 #314CB7

analogous

#B75931 #B79C31 #8FB731

triadic

#B79C31 #31B79C #9C31B7

tetradic

#B79C31 #31B759 #314CB7 #B7318F

square

#B79C31 #31B759 #314CB7 #B7318F

split-complementary

#B79C31 #318FB7 #5931B7

monochromatic

#564A17 #877324 #B79C31 #D1B854 #DECC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B79C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#B79C31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79C31

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79C31	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 156, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.126 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b870',
    500: '#b79c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79c31;
$custom-light: #d0b870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.91,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69798,
    "c": 0.12573,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79C31

secondary

#7C8BC8

accent

#66E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79C31

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

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