#B79E52#B79E52

#B79E52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.100 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79E52
RGB	rgb(183, 158, 82)
HSL	hsl(45, 41%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 55.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, -0.40, 42.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 42.62, 90.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% -0.0026 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.1 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2796, 35.1318, 13.0092)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79E52 #526BB7

analogous

#B76C52 #B79E52 #9DB752

triadic

#B79E52 #52B79E #9E52B7

tetradic

#B79E52 #52B76C #526BB7 #B7529D

square

#B79E52 #52B76C #526BB7 #B7529D

split-complementary

#B79E52 #529DB7 #6C52B7

monochromatic

#65562A #907B3C #B79E52 #C9B67D #DBCEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B79E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#B79E52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79E52

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79E52	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 158, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.100 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfba85',
    500: '#b79e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79e52;
$custom-light: #cfba85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.149,
    "s": 41.224,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70555,
    "c": 0.10037,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79E52

secondary

#9CA7C9

accent

#75D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79E52

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

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