#B79E38#B79E38

#B79E38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.122 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79E38
RGB	rgb(183, 158, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 69.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, -2.19, 54.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 54.43, 92.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% -0.011 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.122 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.4707, 34.8082, 8.7490)
Luminance	0.3481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79E38 #3851B7

analogous

#B75F38 #B79E38 #91B738

triadic

#B79E38 #38B79E #9E38B7

tetradic

#B79E38 #38B75F #3851B7 #B73891

square

#B79E38 #38B75F #3851B7 #B73891

split-complementary

#B79E38 #3891B7 #5F38B7

monochromatic

#594D1B #88762A #B79E38 #CEB85E #DCCD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B79E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#B79E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79E38

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79E38	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)

#AE9B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 158, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.122 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ba74',
    500: '#b79e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79e38;
$custom-light: #d0ba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.189,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70275,
    "c": 0.12238,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79E38

secondary

#8491C7

accent

#68DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79E38

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

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