#B79F37#B79F37

#B79F37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.124 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79F37
RGB	rgb(183, 159, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 69.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, -2.78, 55.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 55.13, 92.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.0128 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.124 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6178, 35.1411, 8.6785)
Luminance	0.3514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79F37 #374FB7

analogous

#B75F37 #B79F37 #8FB737

triadic

#B79F37 #37B79F #9F37B7

tetradic

#B79F37 #37B75F #374FB7 #B7378F

square

#B79F37 #37B75F #374FB7 #B7378F

split-complementary

#B79F37 #378FB7 #5F37B7

monochromatic

#594D1B #887629 #B79F37 #CEB95D #DCCD8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B79F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#B79F37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79F37

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79F37	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)

#AF9C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 159, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.124 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bb74',
    500: '#b79f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79f37;
$custom-light: #d0bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70477,
    "c": 0.12381,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79F37

secondary

#8390C7

accent

#66DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79F37

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

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