#B79F39#B79F39

#B79F39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.122 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79F39
RGB	rgb(183, 159, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 68.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, -2.67, 54.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 54.31, 92.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% -0.0122 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.122 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6667, 35.1607, 8.9361)
Luminance	0.3516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79F39 #3951B7

analogous

#B76039 #B79F39 #90B739

triadic

#B79F39 #39B79F #9F39B7

tetradic

#B79F39 #39B760 #3951B7 #B73990

square

#B79F39 #39B760 #3951B7 #B73990

split-complementary

#B79F39 #3990B7 #6039B7

monochromatic

#5A4E1C #88762A #B79F39 #CDB960 #DCCD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B79F39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#B79F39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79F39

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79F39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79F39	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	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)

#AF9C2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79f39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 159, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.122 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bb75',
    500: '#b79f39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79f39;
$custom-light: #d0bb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79f39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70494,
    "c": 0.12238,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79F39

secondary

#8592C7

accent

#67DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79F39

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

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