#B79D29#B79D29

#B79D29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.131 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79D29
RGB	rgb(183, 157, 41)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 78%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 77.6%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, -2.36, 59.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 59.83, 92.26°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% -0.0131 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.131 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9874, 34.3431, 7.0414)
Luminance	0.3434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79D29 #2943B7

analogous

#B75629 #B79D29 #8AB729

triadic

#B79D29 #29B79D #9D29B7

tetradic

#B79D29 #29B756 #2943B7 #B7298A

square

#B79D29 #29B756 #2943B7 #B7298A

split-complementary

#B79D29 #298AB7 #5629B7

monochromatic

#534713 #85721E #B79D29 #D6BC47 #E1CE79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B79D29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#B79D29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79D29

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79D29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79D29	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79d29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 157, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.131 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b96c',
    500: '#b79d29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79d29;
$custom-light: #d1b96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79d29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.014,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69955,
    "c": 0.13111,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79D29

secondary

#7383C9

accent

#60E641

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79D29

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

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