#B79B2A#B79B2A

#B79B2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.129 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79B2A
RGB	rgb(183, 155, 42)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 77%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.71, -1.24, 58.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.71, 58.96, 91.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% -0.0098 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.129 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6694, 33.6790, 7.0226)
Luminance	0.3368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79B2A #2A46B7

analogous

#B7552A #B79B2A #8DB72A

triadic

#B79B2A #2AB79B #9B2AB7

tetradic

#B79B2A #2AB755 #2A46B7 #B72A8D

square

#B79B2A #2AB755 #2A46B7 #B72A8D

split-complementary

#B79B2A #2A8DB7 #552AB7

monochromatic

#534713 #85711F #B79B2A #D5B949 #E1CC7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B79B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#B79B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79B2A

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79B2A	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9813

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 155, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.129 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b86d',
    500: '#b79b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79b2a;
$custom-light: #d1b86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.085,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6954,
    "c": 0.12924,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79B2A

secondary

#7485C9

accent

#63E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79B2A

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

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