#B79C36#B79C36

#B79C36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.122 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79C36
RGB	rgb(183, 156, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 70.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, -1.22, 54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 54.67, 91.28°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% -0.0084 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.122 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0844, 34.1123, 8.3837)
Luminance	0.3411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79C36 #3651B7

analogous

#B75C36 #B79C36 #92B736

triadic

#B79C36 #36B79C #9C36B7

tetradic

#B79C36 #36B75C #3651B7 #B73692

square

#B79C36 #36B75C #3651B7 #B73692

split-complementary

#B79C36 #3692B7 #5C36B7

monochromatic

#584B1A #887428 #B79C36 #CFB75B #DDCC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B79C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#B79C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79C36

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79C36	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 156, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.122 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b873',
    500: '#b79c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79c36;
$custom-light: #d0b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.442,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69837,
    "c": 0.1224,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79C36

secondary

#8290C7

accent

#69DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79C36

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

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