#B79B3A#B79B3A

#B79B3A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.119 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79B3A
RGB	rgb(183, 155, 58)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 68.3%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, -0.46, 52.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 52.73, 90.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% -0.0058 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.119 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0151, 33.8172, 8.8432)
Luminance	0.3382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79B3A #3A56B7

analogous

#B75D3A #B79B3A #95B73A

triadic

#B79B3A #3AB79B #9B3AB7

tetradic

#B79B3A #3AB75D #3A56B7 #B73A95

square

#B79B3A #3AB75D #3A56B7 #B73A95

split-complementary

#B79B3A #3A95B7 #5D3AB7

monochromatic

#5A4C1D #89742B #B79B3A #CDB561 #DCCB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B79B3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#B79B3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79B3A

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79B3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79B3A	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)

#AB982E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79b3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 155, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.119 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b875',
    500: '#b79b3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79b3a;
$custom-light: #d0b875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79b3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.56,
    "s": 51.867,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69662,
    "c": 0.11887,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79B3A

secondary

#8695C7

accent

#6CDB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79B3A

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

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