#B79F2A#B79F2A

#B79F2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.132 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79F2A
RGB	rgb(183, 159, 42)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 77%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, -3.39, 59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 60.03, 93.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% -0.0159 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.132 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3462, 35.0325, 7.2482)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79F2A #2A42B7

analogous

#B7592A #B79F2A #89B72A

triadic

#B79F2A #2AB79F #9F2AB7

tetradic

#B79F2A #2AB759 #2A42B7 #B72A89

square

#B79F2A #2AB759 #2A42B7 #B72A89

split-complementary

#B79F2A #2A89B7 #592AB7

monochromatic

#534913 #85741F #B79F2A #D5BD49 #E1CF7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B79F2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#B79F2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79F2A

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79F2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79F2A	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09B12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79f2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 159, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.132 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bb6d',
    500: '#b79f2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79f2a;
$custom-light: #d1bb6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79f2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.787,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70384,
    "c": 0.13194,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79F2A

secondary

#7482C9

accent

#5EE642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79F2A

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

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