#B79D4F#B79D4F

#B79D4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.103 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79D4F
RGB	rgb(183, 157, 79)
HSL	hsl(45, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 56.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, -0.10, 43.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 43.76, 90.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.0021 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.103 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9981, 34.7474, 12.3644)
Luminance	0.3475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79D4F #4F69B7

analogous

#B7694F #B79D4F #9DB74F

triadic

#B79D4F #4FB79D #9D4FB7

tetradic

#B79D4F #4FB769 #4F69B7 #B74F9D

square

#B79D4F #4FB769 #4F69B7 #B74F9D

split-complementary

#B79D4F #4F9DB7 #694FB7

monochromatic

#635429 #8F793A #B79D4F #C9B57A #DBCDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B79D4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#B79D4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79D4F

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79D4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79D4F	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)

#AC9B48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79d4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 157, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.103 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb983',
    500: '#b79d4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79d4f;
$custom-light: #cfb983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79d4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 41.935,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70307,
    "c": 0.10252,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79D4F

secondary

#9AA5C8

accent

#75D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79D4F

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

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