#B79B39#B79B39

#B79B39 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.120 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79B39
RGB	rgb(183, 155, 57)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 68.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, -0.52, 53.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 53.15, 90.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% -0.0061 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.12 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9899, 33.8072, 8.7106)
Luminance	0.3381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79B39 #3955B7

analogous

#B75C39 #B79B39 #94B739

triadic

#B79B39 #39B79B #9B39B7

tetradic

#B79B39 #39B75C #3955B7 #B73994

square

#B79B39 #39B75C #3955B7 #B73994

split-complementary

#B79B39 #3994B7 #5C39B7

monochromatic

#5A4C1C #88732A #B79B39 #CDB560 #DCCB8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B79B39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#B79B39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79B39

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79B39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79B39	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB982C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79b39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 155, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.120 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b875',
    500: '#b79b39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79b39;
$custom-light: #d0b875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79b39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69653,
    "c": 0.1196,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79B39

secondary

#8594C7

accent

#6CDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79B39

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

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