#B79B3D#B79B3D

#B79B3D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.117 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79B3D
RGB	rgb(183, 155, 61)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 66.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, -0.28, 51.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 51.44, 90.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% -0.0049 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.117 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0937, 33.8487, 9.2570)
Luminance	0.3385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79B3D #3D59B7

analogous

#B75E3D #B79B3D #96B73D

triadic

#B79B3D #3DB79B #9B3DB7

tetradic

#B79B3D #3DB75E #3D59B7 #B73D96

square

#B79B3D #3DB75E #3D59B7 #B73D96

split-complementary

#B79B3D #3D96B7 #5E3DB7

monochromatic

#5B4D1E #89742E #B79B3D #CCB465 #DBCB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B79B3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#B79B3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79B3D

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79B3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79B3D	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)

#AB9932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C58F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79b3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 155, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.117 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b877',
    500: '#b79b3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79b3d;
$custom-light: #d0b877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79b3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.23,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6969,
    "c": 0.1166,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79B3D

secondary

#8997C6

accent

#6EDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79B3D

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

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