#B79E50#B79E50

#B79E50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.102 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79E50
RGB	rgb(183, 158, 80)
HSL	hsl(45, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 56%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 56.3%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, -0.56, 43.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 43.59, 90.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% -0.0033 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.102 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.2046, 35.1018, 12.6142)
Luminance	0.3510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79E50 #5069B7

analogous

#B76B50 #B79E50 #9DB750

triadic

#B79E50 #50B79E #9E50B7

tetradic

#B79E50 #50B76B #5069B7 #B7509D

square

#B79E50 #50B76B #5069B7 #B7509D

split-complementary

#B79E50 #509DB7 #6B50B7

monochromatic

#645529 #8F7B3B #B79E50 #C9B67B #DBCEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B79E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#B79E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79E50

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79E50	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 158, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.102 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfba83',
    500: '#b79e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79e50;
$custom-light: #cfba83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.437,
    "s": 41.7,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70529,
    "c": 0.10229,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79E50

secondary

#9BA6C8

accent

#74D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79E50

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

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