#B79D41#B79D41

#B79D41 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.115 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79D41
RGB	rgb(183, 157, 65)
HSL	hsl(47, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 64.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.41, -1.11, 50.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.41, 50.26, 91.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% -0.0068 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.115 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5411, 34.5646, 9.9576)
Luminance	0.3456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79D41 #415BB7

analogous

#B76241 #B79D41 #96B741

triadic

#B79D41 #41B79D #9D41B7

tetradic

#B79D41 #41B762 #415BB7 #B74196

square

#B79D41 #41B762 #415BB7 #B74196

split-complementary

#B79D41 #4196B7 #6241B7

monochromatic

#5D5021 #8A7631 #B79D41 #CAB56B #DACC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B79D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#B79D41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79D41

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79D41	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)

#AD9A37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 157, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.115 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b97a',
    500: '#b79d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79d41;
$custom-light: #d0b97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.78,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70148,
    "c": 0.11481,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79D41

secondary

#8E9AC6

accent

#6ED751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79D41

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

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