#B79E79#B79E79

#B79E79 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.059 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79E79
RGB	rgb(183, 158, 121)
HSL	hsl(36, 30%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(36, 34%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 33.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, 3.72, 22.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 23.06, 80.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% 0.0129 0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.059 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2071, 35.9028, 23.1608)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79E79 #7992B7

analogous

#B77F79 #B79E79 #B1B779

triadic

#B79E79 #79B79E #9E79B7

tetradic

#B79E79 #79B77F #7992B7 #B779B1

square

#B79E79 #79B77F #7992B7 #B779B1

split-complementary

#B79E79 #79B1B7 #7F79B7

monochromatic

#76603F #9E8055 #B79E79 #CCBBA1 #E2D8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B79E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#B79E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79E79

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79E79	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89E77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA47A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 158, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.059 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbaa0',
    500: '#b79e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79e79;
$custom-light: #cdbaa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.806,
    "s": 30.097,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71217,
    "c": 0.05866,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79E79

secondary

#BAC4D2

accent

#8AC661

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79E79

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

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