#B79E53#B79E53

#B79E53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.099 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79E53
RGB	rgb(183, 158, 83)
HSL	hsl(45, 41%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 54.6%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, -0.31, 42.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 42.13, 90.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.0022 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.099 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3179, 35.1471, 13.2110)
Luminance	0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79E53 #536CB7

analogous

#B76C53 #B79E53 #9EB753

triadic

#B79E53 #53B79E #9E53B7

tetradic

#B79E53 #53B76C #536CB7 #B7539E

square

#B79E53 #53B76C #536CB7 #B7539E

split-complementary

#B79E53 #539EB7 #6C53B7

monochromatic

#65572A #907B3C #B79E53 #C9B67E #DBCFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B79E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#B79E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79E53

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79E53	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)

#AC9C4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 158, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.099 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfba85',
    500: '#b79e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79e53;
$custom-light: #cfba85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 40.984,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70568,
    "c": 0.09941,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79E53

secondary

#9DA8C9

accent

#75D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79E53

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

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