#B79942#B79942

#B79942 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.111 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79942
RGB	rgb(183, 153, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 63.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, 1.12, 48.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 48.66, 88.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% -0.0002 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.111 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9046, 33.2449, 9.8896)
Luminance	0.3324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79942 #4260B7

analogous

#B75F42 #B79942 #9BB742

triadic

#B79942 #42B799 #9942B7

tetradic

#B79942 #42B75F #4260B7 #B7429B

square

#B79942 #42B75F #4260B7 #B7429B

split-complementary

#B79942 #429BB7 #5F42B7

monochromatic

#5D4E22 #8A7332 #B79942 #CAB26C #DACA99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B79942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#B79942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79942

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79942	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C58D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 153, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.111 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b67a',
    500: '#b79942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79942;
$custom-light: #d0b67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.615,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69323,
    "c": 0.11134,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79942

secondary

#8F9DC6

accent

#73D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79942

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

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