#B79E37#B79E37

#B79E37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.123 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79E37
RGB	rgb(183, 158, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 69.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, -2.24, 54.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 54.84, 92.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.0112 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.123 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4465, 34.7986, 8.6214)
Luminance	0.3480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79E37 #3750B7

analogous

#B75E37 #B79E37 #90B737

triadic

#B79E37 #37B79E #9E37B7

tetradic

#B79E37 #37B75E #3750B7 #B73790

square

#B79E37 #37B75E #3750B7 #B73790

split-complementary

#B79E37 #3790B7 #5E37B7

monochromatic

#594D1B #887529 #B79E37 #CEB85D #DCCD8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B79E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#B79E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79E37

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79E37	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)

#AE9B29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 158, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.123 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ba74',
    500: '#b79e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79e37;
$custom-light: #d0ba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.281,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70266,
    "c": 0.12308,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79E37

secondary

#8390C7

accent

#67DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79E37

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

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