#B79E31#B79E31

#B79E31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.127 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79E31
RGB	rgb(183, 158, 49)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 73.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, -2.55, 57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 57.21, 92.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% -0.0128 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.127 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3113, 34.7445, 7.9096)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79E31 #314AB7

analogous

#B75B31 #B79E31 #8DB731

triadic

#B79E31 #31B79E #9E31B7

tetradic

#B79E31 #31B75B #314AB7 #B7318D

square

#B79E31 #31B75B #314AB7 #B7318D

split-complementary

#B79E31 #318DB7 #5B31B7

monochromatic

#564B17 #877424 #B79E31 #D1BA54 #DECD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B79E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#B79E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79E31

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79E31	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 158, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.127 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ba70',
    500: '#b79e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79e31;
$custom-light: #d0ba70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.806,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70219,
    "c": 0.12709,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79E31

secondary

#7C8AC8

accent

#64E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79E31

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

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