#B79E40#B79E40

#B79E40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.116 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79E40
RGB	rgb(183, 158, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 65%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, -1.72, 50.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 51.01, 91.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% -0.0086 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.116 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6822, 34.8929, 9.8630)
Luminance	0.3489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79E40 #4059B7

analogous

#B76240 #B79E40 #94B740

triadic

#B79E40 #40B79E #9E40B7

tetradic

#B79E40 #40B762 #4059B7 #B74094

square

#B79E40 #40B762 #4059B7 #B74094

split-complementary

#B79E40 #4094B7 #6240B7

monochromatic

#5C5020 #8A7730 #B79E40 #CBB669 #DBCC97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B79E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#B79E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79E40

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79E40	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 158, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.116 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ba79',
    500: '#b79e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79e40;
$custom-light: #d0ba79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.395,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70348,
    "c": 0.11632,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79E40

secondary

#8D99C6

accent

#6DD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79E40

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

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