#B79E49#B79E49

#B79E49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.109 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79E49
RGB	rgb(183, 158, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 60.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, -1.10, 46.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 46.91, 91.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.0058 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.109 93)
XYZ	xyz(32.9593, 35.0037, 11.3224)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79E49 #4962B7

analogous

#B76749 #B79E49 #99B749

triadic

#B79E49 #49B79E #9E49B7

tetradic

#B79E49 #49B767 #4962B7 #B74999

square

#B79E49 #49B767 #4962B7 #B74999

split-complementary

#B79E49 #4999B7 #6749B7

monochromatic

#605326 #8C7837 #B79E49 #C8B575 #DACDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B79E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#B79E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79E49

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79E49	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 158, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.109 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfba7f',
    500: '#b79e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79e49;
$custom-light: #cfba7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70444,
    "c": 0.10872,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.35002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79E49

secondary

#95A0C6

accent

#71D355

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79E49

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

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