#B79F2B#B79F2B

#B79F2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.131 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79F2B
RGB	rgb(183, 159, 43)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 76.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, -3.35, 59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 59.68, 93.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% -0.0157 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.131 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3643, 35.0397, 7.3437)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79F2B #2B43B7

analogous

#B7592B #B79F2B #89B72B

triadic

#B79F2B #2BB79F #9F2BB7

tetradic

#B79F2B #2BB759 #2B43B7 #B72B89

square

#B79F2B #2BB759 #2B43B7 #B72B89

split-complementary

#B79F2B #2B89B7 #592BB7

monochromatic

#544914 #85741F #B79F2B #D5BD4B #E0CF7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B79F2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#B79F2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79F2B

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79F2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79F2B	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)

#B09B14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79f2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 159, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.131 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bb6d',
    500: '#b79f2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79f2b;
$custom-light: #d1bb6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79f2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7039,
    "c": 0.13139,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79F2B

secondary

#7584C9

accent

#5FE543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79F2B

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

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