#B79C3B#B79C3B

#B79C3B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.119 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79C3B
RGB	rgb(183, 156, 59)
HSL	hsl(47, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 67.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, -0.94, 52.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 52.59, 91.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.007 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.119 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2079, 34.1617, 9.0342)
Luminance	0.3416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79C3B #3B56B7

analogous

#B75E3B #B79C3B #94B73B

triadic

#B79C3B #3BB79C #9C3BB7

tetradic

#B79C3B #3BB75E #3B56B7 #B73B94

square

#B79C3B #3BB75E #3B56B7 #B73B94

split-complementary

#B79C3B #3B94B7 #5E3BB7

monochromatic

#5A4D1D #89752C #B79C3B #CDB663 #DCCB91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B79C3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#B79C3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79C3B

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79C3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79C3B	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC992F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79c3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 156, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.119 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b876',
    500: '#b79c3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79c3b;
$custom-light: #d0b876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79c3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.935,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69881,
    "c": 0.1188,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79C3B

secondary

#8795C6

accent

#6CDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79C3B

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

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