#B79D36#B79D36

#B79D36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.123 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79D36
RGB	rgb(183, 157, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 70.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.32, -1.76, 54.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.32, 54.96, 91.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% -0.01 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.123 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2529, 34.4493, 8.4399)
Luminance	0.3445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79D36 #3650B7

analogous

#B75D36 #B79D36 #91B736

triadic

#B79D36 #36B79D #9D36B7

tetradic

#B79D36 #36B75D #3650B7 #B73691

square

#B79D36 #36B75D #3650B7 #B73691

split-complementary

#B79D36 #3691B7 #5D36B7

monochromatic

#584C1A #887428 #B79D36 #CFB85B #DDCC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B79D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#B79D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79D36

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79D36	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)

#AD9A27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 157, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.123 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b973',
    500: '#b79d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79d36;
$custom-light: #d0b973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.907,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70047,
    "c": 0.12308,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79D36

secondary

#8290C7

accent

#68DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79D36

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

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