#B79D44#B79D44

#B79D44 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.112 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79D44
RGB	rgb(183, 157, 68)
HSL	hsl(46, 46%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 62.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, -0.91, 48.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 48.91, 91.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% -0.0058 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.112 93)
XYZ	xyz(32.6303, 34.6003, 10.4275)
Luminance	0.3460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79D44 #445EB7

analogous

#B76444 #B79D44 #98B744

triadic

#B79D44 #44B79D #9D44B7

tetradic

#B79D44 #44B764 #445EB7 #B74498

square

#B79D44 #44B764 #445EB7 #B74498

split-complementary

#B79D44 #4498B7 #6444B7

monochromatic

#5E5023 #8A7733 #B79D44 #C9B56F #DACC9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B79D44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#B79D44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79D44

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79D44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79D44	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79d44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 157, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.112 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b97b',
    500: '#b79d44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79d44;
$custom-light: #d0b97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79d44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.435,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70179,
    "c": 0.11233,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.34599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79D44

secondary

#919DC6

accent

#70D552

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79D44

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

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