#B79F3D#B79F3D

#B79F3D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.119 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79F3D
RGB	rgb(183, 159, 61)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 66.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, -2.44, 52.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 52.62, 92.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% -0.0111 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.119 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7704, 35.2022, 9.4826)
Luminance	0.3520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79F3D #3D55B7

analogous

#B7623D #B79F3D #92B73D

triadic

#B79F3D #3DB79F #9F3DB7

tetradic

#B79F3D #3DB762 #3D55B7 #B73D92

square

#B79F3D #3DB762 #3D55B7 #B73D92

split-complementary

#B79F3D #3D92B7 #623DB7

monochromatic

#5B4F1E #89772E #B79F3D #CCB865 #DBCD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B79F3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#B79F3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79F3D

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79F3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79F3D	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79f3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 159, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.119 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bb77',
    500: '#b79f3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79f3d;
$custom-light: #d0bb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79f3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.197,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7053,
    "c": 0.11941,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79F3D

secondary

#8995C6

accent

#6ADA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79F3D

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

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