#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
RGBrgb(183, 158, 64)
HSLhsl(47, 48%, 48%)
HSVhsv(47, 65%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 13.7%, 65%, 28.2%)
CIE-LABlab(65.67, -1.72, 50.98)
CIE-LCHlch(65.67, 51.01, 91.93°)
OKLaboklab(70.35% -0.0086 0.116)
OKLCHoklch(70.35% 0.116 94.3)
XYZxyz(32.6822, 34.8929, 9.8630)
Luminance0.3489 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##B79E401.002.637.987.98
#FFFFFF2.631.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9821.001.001.00
##0000007.9821.001.001.00

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

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#B79E40 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva