#B79C2E#B79C2E

#B79C2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.128 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79C2E
RGB	rgb(183, 156, 46)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 74.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, -1.61, 57.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 57.78, 91.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% -0.0104 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.128 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9118, 34.0433, 7.4744)
Luminance	0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79C2E #2E49B7

analogous

#B7572E #B79C2E #8EB72E

triadic

#B79C2E #2EB79C #9C2EB7

tetradic

#B79C2E #2EB757 #2E49B7 #B72E8E

square

#B79C2E #2EB757 #2E49B7 #B72E8E

split-complementary

#B79C2E #2E8EB7 #572EB7

monochromatic

#554915 #867222 #B79C2E #D3B94F #DFCC80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B79C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#B79C2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79C2E

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79C2E	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD991B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 156, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.128 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b86f',
    500: '#b79c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79c2e;
$custom-light: #d1b86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.175,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69776,
    "c": 0.12759,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79C2E

secondary

#7988C8

accent

#64E345

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79C2E

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

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