#B79D47#B79D47

#B79D47 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.110 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79D47
RGB	rgb(183, 157, 71)
HSL	hsl(46, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 61.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, -0.71, 47.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 47.54, 90.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% -0.0049 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.11 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7242, 34.6378, 10.9221)
Luminance	0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79D47 #4761B7

analogous

#B76547 #B79D47 #99B747

triadic

#B79D47 #47B79D #9D47B7

tetradic

#B79D47 #47B765 #4761B7 #B74799

square

#B79D47 #47B765 #4761B7 #B74799

split-complementary

#B79D47 #4799B7 #6547B7

monochromatic

#5F5125 #8B7736 #B79D47 #C9B573 #DACC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B79D47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#B79D47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79D47

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79D47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79D47	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9B3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A24B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79d47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 157, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.110 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb97d',
    500: '#b79d47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79d47;
$custom-light: #cfb97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79d47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.071,
    "s": 44.094,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70212,
    "c": 0.10977,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79D47

secondary

#949FC6

accent

#72D454

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79D47

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

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