#B79C44#B79C44

#B79C44 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.112 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79C44
RGB	rgb(183, 156, 68)
HSL	hsl(46, 46%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 62.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, -0.37, 48.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 48.61, 90.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% -0.0043 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.112 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4618, 34.2633, 10.3714)
Luminance	0.3426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79C44 #445FB7

analogous

#B76344 #B79C44 #99B744

triadic

#B79C44 #44B79C #9C44B7

tetradic

#B79C44 #44B763 #445FB7 #B74499

square

#B79C44 #44B763 #445FB7 #B74499

split-complementary

#B79C44 #4499B7 #6344B7

monochromatic

#5E5023 #8A7633 #B79C44 #C9B46F #DACB9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B79C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#B79C44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79C44

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79C44	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 156, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.112 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b87b',
    500: '#b79c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79c44;
$custom-light: #d0b87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.913,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6997,
    "c": 0.11164,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79C44

secondary

#919DC6

accent

#71D552

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79C44

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

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