#B79D2B#B79D2B

#B79D2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.130 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79D2B
RGB	rgb(183, 157, 43)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 76.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, -2.28, 59.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 59.13, 92.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% -0.0126 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.13 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0232, 34.3574, 7.2300)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79D2B #2B45B7

analogous

#B7572B #B79D2B #8BB72B

triadic

#B79D2B #2BB79D #9D2BB7

tetradic

#B79D2B #2BB757 #2B45B7 #B72B8B

square

#B79D2B #2BB757 #2B45B7 #B72B8B

split-complementary

#B79D2B #2B8BB7 #572BB7

monochromatic

#544814 #85721F #B79D2B #D5BB4B #E0CE7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B79D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#B79D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79D2B

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79D2B	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)

#AE9A15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 157, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.130 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b96d',
    500: '#b79d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79d2b;
$custom-light: #d1b96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.857,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69967,
    "c": 0.13001,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79D2B

secondary

#7585C9

accent

#61E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79D2B

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

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