#B79D4E#B79D4E

#B79D4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.103 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79D4E
RGB	rgb(183, 157, 78)
HSL	hsl(45, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 57.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.54, -0.18, 44.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.54, 44.24, 90.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% -0.0025 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.103 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9619, 34.7329, 12.1742)
Luminance	0.3473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79D4E #4E68B7

analogous

#B7684E #B79D4E #9CB74E

triadic

#B79D4E #4EB79D #9D4EB7

tetradic

#B79D4E #4EB768 #4E68B7 #B74E9C

square

#B79D4E #4EB768 #4E68B7 #B74E9C

split-complementary

#B79D4E #4E9CB7 #684EB7

monochromatic

#635428 #8E793A #B79D4E #C9B57A #DACDA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B79D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#B79D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79D4E

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79D4E	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9B46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 157, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.103 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb982',
    500: '#b79d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79d4e;
$custom-light: #cfb982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.143,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70295,
    "c": 0.10346,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79D4E

secondary

#99A5C8

accent

#75D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79D4E

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

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