#B79E36#B79E36

#B79E36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.124 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79E36
RGB	rgb(183, 158, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 70.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, -2.30, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 55.24, 92.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% -0.0115 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.124 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4228, 34.7891, 8.4965)
Luminance	0.3479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79E36 #364FB7

analogous

#B75E36 #B79E36 #90B736

triadic

#B79E36 #36B79E #9E36B7

tetradic

#B79E36 #36B75E #364FB7 #B73690

square

#B79E36 #36B75E #364FB7 #B73690

split-complementary

#B79E36 #3690B7 #5E36B7

monochromatic

#584C1A #887528 #B79E36 #CFB85B #DDCD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B79E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#B79E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79E36

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79E36	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 158, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.124 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ba73',
    500: '#b79e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79e36;
$custom-light: #d0ba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.372,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70258,
    "c": 0.12379,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79E36

secondary

#828FC7

accent

#67DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79E36

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

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