#B79B3C#B79B3C

#B79B3C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.117 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79B3C
RGB	rgb(183, 155, 60)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 67.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.83, -0.34, 51.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.83, 51.87, 90.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% -0.0052 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.117 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0670, 33.8380, 9.1164)
Luminance	0.3384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79B3C #3C58B7

analogous

#B75D3C #B79B3C #96B73C

triadic

#B79B3C #3CB79B #9B3CB7

tetradic

#B79B3C #3CB75D #3C58B7 #B73C96

square

#B79B3C #3CB75D #3C58B7 #B73C96

split-complementary

#B79B3C #3C96B7 #5D3CB7

monochromatic

#5B4D1E #89742D #B79B3C #CCB464 #DBCB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B79B3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#B79B3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79B3C

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79B3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79B3C	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C58F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79b3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 155, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.117 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b876',
    500: '#b79b3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79b3c;
$custom-light: #d0b876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79b3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.341,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6968,
    "c": 0.11737,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79B3C

secondary

#8896C6

accent

#6EDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79B3C

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

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