#B79E2C#B79E2C

#B79E2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.130 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79E2C
RGB	rgb(183, 158, 44)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 76%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.52, -2.77, 58.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.52, 59.05, 92.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% -0.0139 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.13 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2116, 34.7046, 7.3844)
Luminance	0.3470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79E2C #2C45B7

analogous

#B7592C #B79E2C #8AB72C

triadic

#B79E2C #2CB79E #9E2CB7

tetradic

#B79E2C #2CB759 #2C45B7 #B72C8A

square

#B79E2C #2CB759 #2C45B7 #B72C8A

split-complementary

#B79E2C #2C8AB7 #592CB7

monochromatic

#544914 #867320 #B79E2C #D4BC4C #E0CE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B79E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#B79E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79E2C

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79E2C	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	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)

#AF9B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 158, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.130 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ba6e',
    500: '#b79e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79e2c;
$custom-light: #d1ba6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.209,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70185,
    "c": 0.13012,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79E2C

secondary

#7685C8

accent

#60E443

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79E2C

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

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