#B79D3A#B79D3A

#B79D3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.120 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79D3A
RGB	rgb(183, 157, 58)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 68.3%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, -1.54, 53.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 53.30, 91.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.0089 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.12 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3507, 34.4884, 8.9551)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79D3A #3A54B7

analogous

#B75F3A #B79D3A #93B73A

triadic

#B79D3A #3AB79D #9D3AB7

tetradic

#B79D3A #3AB75F #3A54B7 #B73A93

square

#B79D3A #3AB75F #3A54B7 #B73A93

split-complementary

#B79D3A #3A93B7 #5F3AB7

monochromatic

#5A4D1D #89752B #B79D3A #CDB761 #DCCC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B79D3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#B79D3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79D3A

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79D3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79D3A	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79d3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 157, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.120 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b975',
    500: '#b79d3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79d3a;
$custom-light: #d0b975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79d3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.52,
    "s": 51.867,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70082,
    "c": 0.12023,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79D3A

secondary

#8694C7

accent

#6ADB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79D3A

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

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