Colour

#B2A030

#B2A030
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#B2A030 is a yellow with RGB values 178, 160, 48 and HSL 52°, 58%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#B2A030#B2A030

HEX#B2A030

RGBrgb(178, 160, 48)

RGB (0–1)0.698, 0.6275, 0.1882

RGB percentages69.8%, 62.7%, 18.8%

HSLhsl(51.7, 57.5%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 73%, 69.8%)

CMYK0%, 10.1%, 73%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,706,416

CSS custom property--colour: #B2A030;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3482WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness157.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.96:1

Contrast with white2.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C

Inverted#4D5FCF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B09C1Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#B5A237no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Tritanopia#C0948Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 15.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 19 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.1 Khaki · ΔE 27.9

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 15.46, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3042B2

Analogous#B25F30, #83B230

Triadic#30B2A0, #A030B2

Split complementary#3083B2, #5F30B2

Tetradic#30B25F, #3042B2, #B23083

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EEE8C0

Lighter +30%#E3D998

Lighter +20%#D8CA70

Lighter +10%#CEBB47

Darker −10%#8A7C25

Darker −20%#62581A

Darker −30%#393410

Darker −40%#111005

More saturated +25%#CEB414

Less saturated −25%#968C4C

Channel breakdown

R178

G160

B48

Red178 (69.8%)

Green160 (62.7%)

Blue48 (18.8%)

Hue51.69°

Saturation (HSL)57.52%

Lightness44.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B2 · G A0 · B 30

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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