#B79A42#B79A42

#B79A42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.112 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79A42
RGB	rgb(183, 154, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 63.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.62, 0.57, 48.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.62, 48.94, 89.33°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% -0.0018 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.112 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0690, 33.5736, 9.9444)
Luminance	0.3357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79A42 #425FB7

analogous

#B76042 #B79A42 #9AB742

triadic

#B79A42 #42B79A #9A42B7

tetradic

#B79A42 #42B760 #425FB7 #B7429A

square

#B79A42 #42B760 #425FB7 #B7429A

split-complementary

#B79A42 #429AB7 #6042B7

monochromatic

#5D4E22 #8A7432 #B79A42 #CAB36C #DACA99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B79A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#B79A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79A42

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79A42	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C58E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 154, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.112 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b77a',
    500: '#b79a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79a42;
$custom-light: #d0b77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.128,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69531,
    "c": 0.11197,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79A42

secondary

#8F9CC6

accent

#72D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79A42

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

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