#B79D38#B79D38

#B79D38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.122 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79D38
RGB	rgb(183, 157, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 69.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, -1.65, 54.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 54.14, 91.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% -0.0094 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.122 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.3008, 34.4685, 8.6923)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79D38 #3852B7

analogous

#B75E38 #B79D38 #91B738

triadic

#B79D38 #38B79D #9D38B7

tetradic

#B79D38 #38B75E #3852B7 #B73891

square

#B79D38 #38B75E #3852B7 #B73891

split-complementary

#B79D38 #3891B7 #5E38B7

monochromatic

#594D1B #88752A #B79D38 #CEB75E #DCCC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B79D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#B79D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79D38

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79D38	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)

#AD9A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 157, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.122 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b974',
    500: '#b79d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79d38;
$custom-light: #d0b974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.717,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70064,
    "c": 0.12168,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79D38

secondary

#8492C7

accent

#69DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79D38

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

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