#B79D3D#B79D3D

#B79D3D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.118 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79D3D
RGB	rgb(183, 157, 61)
HSL	hsl(47, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 66.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, -1.36, 52.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 52.02, 91.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.008 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.118 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4293, 34.5199, 9.3688)
Luminance	0.3452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79D3D #3D57B7

analogous

#B7603D #B79D3D #94B73D

triadic

#B79D3D #3DB79D #9D3DB7

tetradic

#B79D3D #3DB760 #3D57B7 #B73D94

square

#B79D3D #3DB760 #3D57B7 #B73D94

split-complementary

#B79D3D #3D94B7 #603DB7

monochromatic

#5B4E1E #89762E #B79D3D #CCB665 #DBCC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B79D3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#B79D3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79D3D

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79D3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79D3D	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)

#AD9A31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79d3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 157, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.118 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b977',
    500: '#b79d3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79d3d;
$custom-light: #d0b977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79d3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.213,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70109,
    "c": 0.11797,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79D3D

secondary

#8996C6

accent

#6CDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79D3D

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

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