#B79D3C#B79D3C

#B79D3C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.119 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79D3C
RGB	rgb(183, 157, 60)
HSL	hsl(47, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 67.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, -1.42, 52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 52.45, 91.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% -0.0083 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.119 94)
XYZ	xyz(32.4026, 34.5092, 9.2283)
Luminance	0.3451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79D3C #3C56B7

analogous

#B75F3C #B79D3C #93B73C

triadic

#B79D3C #3CB79D #9D3CB7

tetradic

#B79D3C #3CB75F #3C56B7 #B73C93

square

#B79D3C #3CB75F #3C56B7 #B73C93

split-complementary

#B79D3C #3C93B7 #5F3CB7

monochromatic

#5B4E1E #89752D #B79D3C #CCB664 #DBCC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B79D3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#B79D3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79D3C

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79D3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79D3C	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)

#AD9A30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79d3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 157, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.119 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b977',
    500: '#b79d3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79d3c;
$custom-light: #d0b977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79d3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.317,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.701,
    "c": 0.11873,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.34507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79D3C

secondary

#8895C6

accent

#6BDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79D3C

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

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