#B79D31#B79D31

#B79D31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.126 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79D31
RGB	rgb(183, 157, 49)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 73.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, -2.01, 56.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 56.93, 92.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% -0.0112 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.126 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1415, 34.4047, 7.8530)
Luminance	0.3440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79D31 #314BB7

analogous

#B75A31 #B79D31 #8EB731

triadic

#B79D31 #31B79D #9D31B7

tetradic

#B79D31 #31B75A #314BB7 #B7318E

square

#B79D31 #31B75A #314BB7 #B7318E

split-complementary

#B79D31 #318EB7 #5A31B7

monochromatic

#564A17 #877424 #B79D31 #D1B954 #DECD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B79D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#B79D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79D31

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79D31	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 157, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.126 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b970',
    500: '#b79d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79d31;
$custom-light: #d0b970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.358,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70008,
    "c": 0.1264,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79D31

secondary

#7C8BC8

accent

#65E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79D31

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

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