#B79C2B#B79C2B

#B79C2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.129 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79C2B
RGB	rgb(183, 156, 43)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 76.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, -1.74, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 58.87, 91.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% -0.0111 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.129 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8547, 34.0204, 7.1738)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79C2B #2B46B7

analogous

#B7562B #B79C2B #8CB72B

triadic

#B79C2B #2BB79C #9C2BB7

tetradic

#B79C2B #2BB756 #2B46B7 #B72B8C

square

#B79C2B #2BB756 #2B46B7 #B72B8C

split-complementary

#B79C2B #2B8CB7 #562BB7

monochromatic

#544814 #85721F #B79C2B #D5BA4B #E0CD7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B79C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#B79C2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79C2B

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79C2B	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)

#AD9915

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 156, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.129 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b86d',
    500: '#b79c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79c2b;
$custom-light: #d1b86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.429,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69756,
    "c": 0.12934,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79C2B

secondary

#7585C9

accent

#62E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79C2B

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

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