Colour

#B29C34

#B29C34
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#B29C34 is a yellow with RGB values 178, 156, 52 and HSL 50°, 55%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#B29C34

RGBrgb(178, 156, 52)

RGB (0–1)0.698, 0.6118, 0.2039

RGB percentages69.8%, 61.2%, 20.4%

HSLhsl(49.5, 54.8%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.5, 70.8%, 69.8%)

CMYK0%, 12.4%, 70.8%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,705,396

CSS custom property--colour: #B29C34;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3349WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness155.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.7:1

Contrast with white2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#999999

Inverted#4D63CB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AC9825no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#B1A03Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Tritanopia#C09087no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 15.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 18.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 19.5 Peru · ΔE 26 Olivedrab · ΔE 27.1

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 15.89, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#344AB2

Analogous#B25D34, #89B234

Triadic#34B29C, #9C34B2

Split complementary#3489B2, #5D34B2

Tetradic#34B25D, #344AB2, #B23489

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EEE7C4

Lighter +30%#E2D69D

Lighter +20%#D7C675

Lighter +10%#CBB54E

Darker −10%#8B7928

Darker −20%#63571D

Darker −30%#3C3411

Darker −40%#141206

More saturated +25%#CFAF17

Less saturated −25%#958951

Channel breakdown

R178

G156

B52

Red178 (69.8%)

Green156 (61.2%)

Blue52 (20.4%)

Hue49.52°

Saturation (HSL)54.78%

Lightness45.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B2 · G 9C · B 34

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