#B79B49#B79B49

#B79B49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.107 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79B49
RGB	rgb(183, 155, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 60.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, 0.52, 46.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 46.00, 89.35°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% -0.0011 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.107 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4539, 33.9927, 11.1539)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79B49 #4965B7

analogous

#B76449 #B79B49 #9CB749

triadic

#B79B49 #49B79B #9B49B7

tetradic

#B79B49 #49B764 #4965B7 #B7499C

square

#B79B49 #49B764 #4965B7 #B7499C

split-complementary

#B79B49 #499CB7 #6449B7

monochromatic

#605126 #8C7637 #B79B49 #C8B375 #DACBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B79B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#B79B49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79B49

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79B49	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 155, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.107 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb87f',
    500: '#b79b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79b49;
$custom-light: #cfb87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.727,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69817,
    "c": 0.10665,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79B49

secondary

#95A2C6

accent

#75D355

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79B49

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

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