#B79F36#B79F36

#B79F36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.124 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79F36
RGB	rgb(183, 159, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 70.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, -2.83, 55.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 55.54, 92.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% -0.013 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.125 96)
XYZ	xyz(32.5940, 35.1316, 8.5536)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79F36 #364EB7

analogous

#B75F36 #B79F36 #8FB736

triadic

#B79F36 #36B79F #9F36B7

tetradic

#B79F36 #36B75F #364EB7 #B7368F

square

#B79F36 #36B75F #364EB7 #B7368F

split-complementary

#B79F36 #368FB7 #5F36B7

monochromatic

#584D1A #887628 #B79F36 #CFB95B #DDCD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B79F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#B79F36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79F36

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79F36	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 159, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.124 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bb73',
    500: '#b79f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79f36;
$custom-light: #d0bb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.837,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70469,
    "c": 0.1245,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.3513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79F36

secondary

#828FC7

accent

#66DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79F36

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

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