#B79A3B#B79A3B

#B79A3B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.117 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79A3B
RGB	rgb(183, 154, 59)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 67.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, 0.14, 52.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 52.02, 89.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% -0.0039 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.117 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8751, 33.4960, 8.9233)
Luminance	0.3349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79A3B #3B58B7

analogous

#B75C3B #B79A3B #96B73B

triadic

#B79A3B #3BB79A #9A3BB7

tetradic

#B79A3B #3BB75C #3B58B7 #B73B96

square

#B79A3B #3BB75C #3B58B7 #B73B96

split-complementary

#B79A3B #3B96B7 #5C3BB7

monochromatic

#5A4C1D #89732C #B79A3B #CDB463 #DCCA91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B79A3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#B79A3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79A3B

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79A3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79A3B	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA982F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79a3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 154, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.117 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b776',
    500: '#b79a3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79a3b;
$custom-light: #d0b776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79a3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.968,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69462,
    "c": 0.11748,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79A3B

secondary

#8796C6

accent

#6EDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79A3B

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

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