#B79E2A#B79E2A

#B79E2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.131 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79E2A
RGB	rgb(183, 158, 42)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 77%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.51, -2.85, 59.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.51, 59.75, 92.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% -0.0144 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.131 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1749, 34.6899, 7.1911)
Luminance	0.3469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79E2A #2A43B7

analogous

#B7582A #B79E2A #8AB72A

triadic

#B79E2A #2AB79E #9E2AB7

tetradic

#B79E2A #2AB758 #2A43B7 #B72A8A

square

#B79E2A #2AB758 #2A43B7 #B72A8A

split-complementary

#B79E2A #2A8AB7 #582AB7

monochromatic

#534813 #85731F #B79E2A #D5BC49 #E1CF7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B79E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#B79E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79E2A

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79E2A	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9A12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 158, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.131 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ba6d',
    500: '#b79e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79e2a;
$custom-light: #d1ba6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.362,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70172,
    "c": 0.13125,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79E2A

secondary

#7483C9

accent

#5FE642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79E2A

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

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