#B79D37#B79D37

#B79D37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.122 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79D37
RGB	rgb(183, 157, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 69.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, -1.70, 54.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 54.55, 91.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% -0.0097 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.122 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2766, 34.4588, 8.5648)
Luminance	0.3446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79D37 #3751B7

analogous

#B75D37 #B79D37 #91B737

triadic

#B79D37 #37B79D #9D37B7

tetradic

#B79D37 #37B75D #3751B7 #B73791

square

#B79D37 #37B75D #3751B7 #B73791

split-complementary

#B79D37 #3791B7 #5D37B7

monochromatic

#594C1B #887529 #B79D37 #CEB75D #DCCC8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B79D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#B79D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79D37

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79D37	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)

#AD9A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 157, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.122 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b974',
    500: '#b79d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79d37;
$custom-light: #d0b974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.813,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70056,
    "c": 0.12239,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79D37

secondary

#8391C7

accent

#68DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79D37

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

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