#B79C37#B79C37

#B79C37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.122 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79C37
RGB	rgb(183, 156, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 69.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, -1.17, 54.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 54.26, 91.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% -0.0082 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.122 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1081, 34.1218, 8.5087)
Luminance	0.3412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79C37 #3752B7

analogous

#B75C37 #B79C37 #92B737

triadic

#B79C37 #37B79C #9C37B7

tetradic

#B79C37 #37B75C #3752B7 #B73792

square

#B79C37 #37B75C #3752B7 #B73792

split-complementary

#B79C37 #3792B7 #5C37B7

monochromatic

#594C1B #887429 #B79C37 #CEB65D #DCCB8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B79C37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#B79C37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79C37

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79C37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79C37	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)

#AC9929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79c37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 156, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.122 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b874',
    500: '#b79c37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79c37;
$custom-light: #d0b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79c37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.344,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69845,
    "c": 0.1217,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79C37

secondary

#8391C7

accent

#6ADD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79C37

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

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