#B79D34#B79D34

#B79D34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.124 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79D34
RGB	rgb(183, 157, 52)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 71.6%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, -1.86, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 55.76, 91.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.0105 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.124 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2069, 34.4309, 8.1976)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79D34 #344EB7

analogous

#B75B34 #B79D34 #8FB734

triadic

#B79D34 #34B79D #9D34B7

tetradic

#B79D34 #34B75B #344EB7 #B7348F

square

#B79D34 #34B75B #344EB7 #B7348F

split-complementary

#B79D34 #348FB7 #5B34B7

monochromatic

#584B19 #877426 #B79D34 #D0B859 #DDCC88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B79D34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#B79D34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79D34

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79D34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79D34	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79d34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 157, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.124 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b972',
    500: '#b79d34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79d34;
$custom-light: #d0b972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79d34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.092,
    "s": 55.745,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70031,
    "c": 0.12444,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79D34

secondary

#808EC7

accent

#67DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79D34

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

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