#B79D2A#B79D2A

#B79D2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.131 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79D2A
RGB	rgb(183, 157, 42)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 77%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, -2.32, 59.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 59.48, 92.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% -0.0129 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.131 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0050, 34.3502, 7.1345)
Luminance	0.3435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79D2A #2A44B7

analogous

#B7572A #B79D2A #8BB72A

triadic

#B79D2A #2AB79D #9D2AB7

tetradic

#B79D2A #2AB757 #2A44B7 #B72A8B

square

#B79D2A #2AB757 #2A44B7 #B72A8B

split-complementary

#B79D2A #2A8BB7 #572AB7

monochromatic

#534813 #85721F #B79D2A #D5BB49 #E1CE7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B79D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#B79D2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79D2A

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79D2A	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 157, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.131 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b96d',
    500: '#b79d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79d2a;
$custom-light: #d1b96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.936,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69961,
    "c": 0.13057,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79D2A

secondary

#7484C9

accent

#60E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79D2A

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

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