#B79E3C#B79E3C

#B79E3C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.119 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79E3C
RGB	rgb(183, 158, 60)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 67.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.63, -1.96, 52.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.63, 52.75, 92.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.0098 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.119 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5725, 34.8489, 9.2849)
Luminance	0.3485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79E3C #3C55B7

analogous

#B7613C #B79E3C #92B73C

triadic

#B79E3C #3CB79E #9E3CB7

tetradic

#B79E3C #3CB761 #3C55B7 #B73C92

square

#B79E3C #3CB761 #3C55B7 #B73C92

split-complementary

#B79E3C #3C92B7 #613CB7

monochromatic

#5B4E1E #89762D #B79E3C #CCB764 #DBCC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B79E3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#B79E3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79E3C

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79E3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79E3C	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79e3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 158, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.119 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ba77',
    500: '#b79e3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79e3c;
$custom-light: #d0ba77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79e3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.805,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7031,
    "c": 0.11944,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79E3C

secondary

#8895C6

accent

#6ADA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79E3C

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

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