#B79D2E#B79D2E

#B79D2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.128 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79D2E
RGB	rgb(183, 157, 46)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 74.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, -2.15, 58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 58.05, 92.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% -0.012 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.128 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0802, 34.3803, 7.5306)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79D2E #2E48B7

analogous

#B7582E #B79D2E #8DB72E

triadic

#B79D2E #2EB79D #9D2EB7

tetradic

#B79D2E #2EB758 #2E48B7 #B72E8D

square

#B79D2E #2EB758 #2E48B7 #B72E8D

split-complementary

#B79D2E #2E8DB7 #582EB7

monochromatic

#554915 #867322 #B79D2E #D3BA4F #DFCD80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B79D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#B79D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79D2E

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79D2E	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 157, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.128 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b96f',
    500: '#b79d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79d2e;
$custom-light: #d1b96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.613,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69987,
    "c": 0.12826,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79D2E

secondary

#7988C8

accent

#63E345

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79D2E

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

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