Colour

#B0AB72

#B0AB72
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#B0AB72 is a yellow with RGB values 176, 171, 114 and HSL 55°, 28%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#B0AB72

RGBrgb(176, 171, 114)

RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.6706, 0.4471

RGB percentages69%, 67.1%, 44.7%

HSLhsl(55.2, 28.2%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.2, 35.2%, 69%)

CMYK0%, 2.8%, 35.2%, 31%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,578,226

CSS custom property--colour: #B0AB72;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39571WCAG 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 8.91:1

Contrast with white2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8

Inverted#4F548D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B5A76Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Deuteranopia#B7AA74no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Tritanopia#B9A49Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 10.3 Tan · ΔE 14.5 Burlywood · ΔE 16.1 Dark seagreen · ΔE 20.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22 Wheat · ΔE 22.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 10.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7277B0

Analogous#B08C72, #96B072

Triadic#72B0AB, #AB72B0

Split complementary#7296B0, #8C72B0

Tetradic#72B08C, #7277B0, #B07296

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9F9F5

Lighter +30%#E7E5D4

Lighter +20%#D5D2B3

Lighter +10%#C2BE93

Darker −10%#999456

Darker −20%#787444

Darker −30%#585531

Darker −40%#37351F

More saturated +25%#CCC257

Less saturated −25%#94948E

Channel breakdown

R176

G171

B114

Red176 (69%)

Green171 (67.1%)

Blue114 (44.7%)

Hue55.16°

Saturation (HSL)28.18%

Lightness56.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B0 · G AB · B 72

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