#B79E2B#B79E2B

#B79E2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.131 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79E2B
RGB	rgb(183, 158, 43)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 76.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.51, -2.81, 59.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.51, 59.41, 92.71°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% -0.0142 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.131 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1930, 34.6972, 7.2866)
Luminance	0.3469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79E2B #2B44B7

analogous

#B7582B #B79E2B #8AB72B

triadic

#B79E2B #2BB79E #9E2BB7

tetradic

#B79E2B #2BB758 #2B44B7 #B72B8A

square

#B79E2B #2BB758 #2B44B7 #B72B8A

split-complementary

#B79E2B #2B8AB7 #582BB7

monochromatic

#544814 #85731F #B79E2B #D5BC4B #E0CE7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B79E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#B79E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79E2B

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79E2B	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)

#AF9B14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 158, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.131 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ba6d',
    500: '#b79e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79e2b;
$custom-light: #d1ba6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70178,
    "c": 0.13069,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79E2B

secondary

#7584C9

accent

#60E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79E2B

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

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