#B79F49#B79F49

#B79F49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.109 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79F49
RGB	rgb(183, 159, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 60.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, -1.64, 47.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 47.23, 91.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.0073 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.109 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1306, 35.3462, 11.3794)
Luminance	0.3534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79F49 #4961B7

analogous

#B76849 #B79F49 #98B749

triadic

#B79F49 #49B79F #9F49B7

tetradic

#B79F49 #49B768 #4961B7 #B74998

square

#B79F49 #49B768 #4961B7 #B74998

split-complementary

#B79F49 #4998B7 #6849B7

monochromatic

#605326 #8C7937 #B79F49 #C8B675 #DACDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B79F49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#B79F49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79F49

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79F49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79F49	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79f49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 159, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.109 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbb7f',
    500: '#b79f49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79f49;
$custom-light: #cfbb7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79f49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.909,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70654,
    "c": 0.10947,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79F49

secondary

#95A0C6

accent

#70D355

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79F49

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

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