#B79D46#B79D46

#B79D46 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.111 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79D46
RGB	rgb(183, 157, 70)
HSL	hsl(46, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 61.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, -0.78, 47.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 48.00, 90.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.2% -0.0052 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(70.2% 0.111 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6924, 34.6251, 10.7545)
Luminance	0.3462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79D46 #4660B7

analogous

#B76546 #B79D46 #98B746

triadic

#B79D46 #46B79D #9D46B7

tetradic

#B79D46 #46B765 #4660B7 #B74698

square

#B79D46 #46B765 #4660B7 #B74698

split-complementary

#B79D46 #4698B7 #6546B7

monochromatic

#5E5124 #8B7735 #B79D46 #C9B571 #DACC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B79D46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#B79D46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79D46

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79D46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79D46	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)

#AC9A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79d46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 157, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.111 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb97d',
    500: '#b79d46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79d46;
$custom-light: #cfb97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79d46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.195,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70201,
    "c": 0.11063,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79D46

secondary

#939EC6

accent

#71D453

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79D46

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

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