#B79B46#B79B46

#B79B46 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.109 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79B46
RGB	rgb(183, 155, 70)
HSL	hsl(45, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 61.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, 0.30, 47.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 47.40, 89.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% -0.0021 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.109 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3568, 33.9539, 10.6426)
Luminance	0.3395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79B46 #4662B7

analogous

#B76346 #B79B46 #9AB746

triadic

#B79B46 #46B79B #9B46B7

tetradic

#B79B46 #46B763 #4662B7 #B7469A

square

#B79B46 #46B763 #4662B7 #B7469A

split-complementary

#B79B46 #469AB7 #6346B7

monochromatic

#5E5024 #8B7635 #B79B46 #C9B371 #DACB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B79B46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#B79B46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79B46

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79B46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79B46	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)

#AA993D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79b46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 155, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.109 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b87d',
    500: '#b79b46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79b46;
$custom-light: #d0b87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79b46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.133,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69783,
    "c": 0.10926,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79B46

secondary

#939FC6

accent

#73D453

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79B46

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

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