#B79B2E#B79B2E

#B79B2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.127 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79B2E
RGB	rgb(183, 155, 46)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 74.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.73, -1.07, 57.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.73, 57.51, 91.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% -0.0089 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.127 94)
XYZ	xyz(31.7446, 33.7090, 7.4187)
Luminance	0.3371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79B2E #2E4AB7

analogous

#B7562E #B79B2E #8FB72E

triadic

#B79B2E #2EB79B #9B2EB7

tetradic

#B79B2E #2EB756 #2E4AB7 #B72E8F

square

#B79B2E #2EB756 #2E4AB7 #B72E8F

split-complementary

#B79B2E #2E8FB7 #562EB7

monochromatic

#554815 #867222 #B79B2E #D3B84F #DFCC80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B79B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#B79B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79B2E

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79B2E	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)

#AC981B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 155, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.127 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b86f',
    500: '#b79b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79b2e;
$custom-light: #d1b86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.737,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69566,
    "c": 0.12692,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.33707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79B2E

secondary

#7989C8

accent

#65E345

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79B2E

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

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