#B79D40#B79D40

#B79D40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.116 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79D40
RGB	rgb(183, 157, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 65%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, -1.18, 50.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 50.71, 91.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% -0.0071 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.116 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5124, 34.5531, 9.8064)
Luminance	0.3455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79D40 #405AB7

analogous

#B76140 #B79D40 #95B740

triadic

#B79D40 #40B79D #9D40B7

tetradic

#B79D40 #40B761 #405AB7 #B74095

square

#B79D40 #40B761 #405AB7 #B74095

split-complementary

#B79D40 #4095B7 #6140B7

monochromatic

#5C4F20 #8A7630 #B79D40 #CBB569 #DBCC97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B79D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#B79D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79D40

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79D40	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 157, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.116 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b979',
    500: '#b79d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79d40;
$custom-light: #d0b979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.891,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70138,
    "c": 0.11562,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79D40

secondary

#8D99C6

accent

#6ED850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79D40

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

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