#B79E3D#B79E3D

#B79E3D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.119 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79E3D
RGB	rgb(183, 158, 61)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 66.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, -1.90, 52.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 52.32, 92.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.0095 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.119 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5992, 34.8596, 9.4255)
Luminance	0.3486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79E3D #3D56B7

analogous

#B7613D #B79E3D #93B73D

triadic

#B79E3D #3DB79E #9E3DB7

tetradic

#B79E3D #3DB761 #3D56B7 #B73D93

square

#B79E3D #3DB761 #3D56B7 #B73D93

split-complementary

#B79E3D #3D93B7 #613DB7

monochromatic

#5B4F1E #89762E #B79E3D #CCB765 #DBCC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B79E3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#B79E3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79E3D

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79E3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79E3D	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	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)

#AE9B31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79e3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 158, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.119 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ba77',
    500: '#b79e3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79e3d;
$custom-light: #d0ba77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79e3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.705,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70319,
    "c": 0.11867,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79E3D

secondary

#8996C6

accent

#6BDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79E3D

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

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