Recognised as Colour

#B0A888

#B0A888
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#B0A888 is a yellow with RGB values 176, 168, 136 and HSL 48°, 20%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#B0A888#B0A888

HEX#B0A888

RGBrgb(176, 168, 136)

RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.6588, 0.5333

RGB percentages69%, 65.9%, 53.3%

HSLhsl(48, 20.2%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48, 22.7%, 69%)

CMYK0%, 4.5%, 22.7%, 31%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,577,480

CSS custom property--colour: #B0A888;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39013WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness167.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.8:1

Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7

Inverted#4F5777

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AFA686no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#B1A989no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#B7A39Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 11.9 Burlywood · ΔE 17.7 Dark grey · ΔE 17.8 Silver · ΔE 19.9 Dark seagreen · ΔE 21.7 Wheat · ΔE 21.9

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 11.85, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#8890B0

Analogous#B09488, #A4B088

Triadic#88B0A8, #A888B0

Split complementary#88A4B0, #9488B0

Tetradic#88B094, #8890B0, #B088A4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EDEBE4

Lighter +20%#D9D5C5

Lighter +10%#C4BEA7

Darker −10%#9C9269

Darker −20%#7E7654

Darker −30%#60593F

Darker −40%#413D2B

More saturated +25%#C9B76F

Less saturated −25%#9C9C9C

Channel breakdown

R176

G168

B136

Red176 (69%)

Green168 (65.9%)

Blue136 (53.3%)

Hue48°

Saturation (HSL)20.2%

Lightness61.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B0 · G A8 · B 88

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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