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Recognised as Colour

#B09C20

  • #B09C20
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#B09C20 is a yellow with RGB values 176, 156, 32 and HSL 52°, 69%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#B09C20#B09C20
HEX#B09C20
RGBrgb(176, 156, 32)
RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.6118, 0.1255
RGB percentages69%, 61.2%, 12.5%
HSLhsl(51.7, 69.2%, 40.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 81.8%, 69%)
CMYK0%, 11.4%, 81.8%, 31%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,574,304
CSS custom property--colour: #B09C20;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33111WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.62:1
Contrast with white2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#4F63DF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AC9800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B19F2Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Tritanopia#BE9085no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 15.3Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16Goldenrod · ΔE 16.9Dark khaki · ΔE 24.3Olivedrab · ΔE 27.5Peru · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 15.35, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2034B0
Analogous#B05420, #7CB020
Triadic#20B09C, #9C20B0
Split complementary#207CB0, #5420B0
Tetradic#20B054, #2034B0, #B0207C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0E7AC
Lighter +30%#E8DA81
Lighter +20%#E0CD56
Lighter +10%#D8C02B
Darker −10%#857618
Darker −20%#5A5010
Darker −30%#2F2908
Darker −40%#030301
More saturated +25%#CAAF06
Less saturated −25%#96893A

Channel breakdown

R176
G156
B32
Red176 (69%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue32 (12.5%)
Hue51.67°
Saturation (HSL)69.23%
Lightness40.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B0 · G 9C · B 20

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