#B79F42#B79F42

#B79F42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.115 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79F42
RGB	rgb(183, 159, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 63.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, -2.12, 50.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 50.43, 92.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.0096 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.115 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.9114, 35.2586, 10.2252)
Luminance	0.3526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79F42 #425AB7

analogous

#B76542 #B79F42 #95B742

triadic

#B79F42 #42B79F #9F42B7

tetradic

#B79F42 #42B765 #425AB7 #B74295

square

#B79F42 #42B765 #425AB7 #B74295

split-complementary

#B79F42 #4295B7 #6542B7

monochromatic

#5D5122 #8A7832 #B79F42 #CAB76C #DACD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B79F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#B79F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79F42

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79F42	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 159, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.115 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bb7a',
    500: '#b79f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79f42;
$custom-light: #d0bb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.692,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70579,
    "c": 0.11544,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79F42

secondary

#8F9AC6

accent

#6DD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79F42

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

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