#B79B41#B79B41

#B79B41 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.113 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79B41
RGB	rgb(183, 155, 65)
HSL	hsl(46, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 64.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, -0.03, 49.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 49.68, 90.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% -0.0037 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.113 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2055, 33.8934, 9.8457)
Luminance	0.3389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79B41 #415DB7

analogous

#B76041 #B79B41 #98B741

triadic

#B79B41 #41B79B #9B41B7

tetradic

#B79B41 #41B760 #415DB7 #B74198

square

#B79B41 #41B760 #415DB7 #B74198

split-complementary

#B79B41 #4198B7 #6041B7

monochromatic

#5D4E21 #8A7531 #B79B41 #CAB46B #DACB98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B79B41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#B79B41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79B41

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79B41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79B41	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C58F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79b41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 155, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.113 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b879',
    500: '#b79b41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79b41;
$custom-light: #d0b879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79b41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.763,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69729,
    "c": 0.11344,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79B41

secondary

#8E9BC6

accent

#71D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79B41

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

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