#B79B44#B79B44

#B79B44 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.111 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79B44
RGB	rgb(183, 155, 68)
HSL	hsl(45, 46%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 62.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, 0.17, 48.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 48.32, 89.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% -0.0027 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.111 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2947, 33.9291, 10.3156)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79B44 #4460B7

analogous

#B76144 #B79B44 #9AB744

triadic

#B79B44 #44B79B #9B44B7

tetradic

#B79B44 #44B761 #4460B7 #B7449A

square

#B79B44 #44B761 #4460B7 #B7449A

split-complementary

#B79B44 #449AB7 #6144B7

monochromatic

#5E4F23 #8A7533 #B79B44 #C9B36F #DACB9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B79B44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#B79B44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79B44

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79B44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79B44	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB993B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C58F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79b44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 155, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.111 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b87b',
    500: '#b79b44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79b44;
$custom-light: #d0b87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79b44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.391,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69761,
    "c": 0.11096,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79B44

secondary

#919EC6

accent

#72D552

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79B44

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

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