#B79E3E#B79E3E

#B79E3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.118 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79E3E
RGB	rgb(183, 158, 62)
HSL	hsl(48, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 66.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, -1.84, 51.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 51.89, 92.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% -0.0092 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.118 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6264, 34.8705, 9.5687)
Luminance	0.3487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79E3E #3E57B7

analogous

#B7613E #B79E3E #94B73E

triadic

#B79E3E #3EB79E #9E3EB7

tetradic

#B79E3E #3EB761 #3E57B7 #B73E94

square

#B79E3E #3EB761 #3E57B7 #B73E94

split-complementary

#B79E3E #3E94B7 #613EB7

monochromatic

#5C4F1F #89772F #B79E3E #CBB767 #DBCC94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B79E3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#B79E3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79E3E

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79E3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79E3E	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)

#AE9B32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79e3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 158, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.118 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ba78',
    500: '#b79e3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79e3e;
$custom-light: #d0ba78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79e3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.603,
    "s": 49.388,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70329,
    "c": 0.1179,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79E3E

secondary

#8A97C6

accent

#6BD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79E3E

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

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