#B79D39#B79D39

#B79D39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.121 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79D39
RGB	rgb(183, 157, 57)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 68.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, -1.59, 53.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 53.72, 91.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% -0.0091 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.121 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3255, 34.4784, 8.8224)
Luminance	0.3448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79D39 #3953B7

analogous

#B75E39 #B79D39 #92B739

triadic

#B79D39 #39B79D #9D39B7

tetradic

#B79D39 #39B75E #3953B7 #B73992

square

#B79D39 #39B75E #3953B7 #B73992

split-complementary

#B79D39 #3992B7 #5E39B7

monochromatic

#5A4D1C #88752A #B79D39 #CDB760 #DCCC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B79D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#B79D39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79D39

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79D39	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 157, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.121 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b975',
    500: '#b79d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79d39;
$custom-light: #d0b975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.619,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70073,
    "c": 0.12096,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79D39

secondary

#8593C7

accent

#6ADC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79D39

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

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