#B79F31#B79F31

#B79F31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.128 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79F31
RGB	rgb(183, 159, 49)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 73.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, -3.08, 57.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 57.49, 93.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% -0.0143 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.128 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4826, 35.0870, 7.9667)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79F31 #3149B7

analogous

#B75C31 #B79F31 #8CB731

triadic

#B79F31 #31B79F #9F31B7

tetradic

#B79F31 #31B75C #3149B7 #B7318C

square

#B79F31 #31B75C #3149B7 #B7318C

split-complementary

#B79F31 #318CB7 #5C31B7

monochromatic

#564B17 #877524 #B79F31 #D1BB54 #DECE84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B79F31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#B79F31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79F31

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79F31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79F31	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79f31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 159, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.128 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bb71',
    500: '#b79f31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79f31;
$custom-light: #d0bb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79f31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.254,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70431,
    "c": 0.1278,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79F31

secondary

#7C8AC8

accent

#62E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79F31

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

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