#B79D3B#B79D3B

#B79D3B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.119 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79D3B
RGB	rgb(183, 157, 59)
HSL	hsl(47, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 67.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, -1.48, 52.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 52.88, 91.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% -0.0086 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.119 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3764, 34.4987, 9.0904)
Luminance	0.3450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79D3B #3B55B7

analogous

#B75F3B #B79D3B #93B73B

triadic

#B79D3B #3BB79D #9D3BB7

tetradic

#B79D3B #3BB75F #3B55B7 #B73B93

square

#B79D3B #3BB75F #3B55B7 #B73B93

split-complementary

#B79D3B #3B93B7 #5F3BB7

monochromatic

#5A4E1D #89752C #B79D3B #CDB663 #DCCC91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B79D3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#B79D3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79D3B

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79D3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79D3B	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)

#AD9A2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79d3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 157, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.119 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b976',
    500: '#b79d3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79d3b;
$custom-light: #d0b976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79d3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.419,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70091,
    "c": 0.11948,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79D3B

secondary

#8795C6

accent

#6BDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79D3B

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

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