#B79C38#B79C38

#B79C38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.121 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79C38
RGB	rgb(183, 156, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 69.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.07, -1.11, 53.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.07, 53.85, 91.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% -0.0079 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.121 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1323, 34.1315, 8.6362)
Luminance	0.3413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79C38 #3853B7

analogous

#B75D38 #B79C38 #93B738

triadic

#B79C38 #38B79C #9C38B7

tetradic

#B79C38 #38B75D #3853B7 #B73893

square

#B79C38 #38B75D #3853B7 #B73893

split-complementary

#B79C38 #3893B7 #5D38B7

monochromatic

#594C1B #88742A #B79C38 #CEB65E #DCCB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B79C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#B79C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79C38

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79C38	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC992B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 156, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.121 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b874',
    500: '#b79c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79c38;
$custom-light: #d0b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.244,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69854,
    "c": 0.12099,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79C38

secondary

#8492C7

accent

#6ADD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79C38

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

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