Recognised as Colour

#B2A145

#B2A145
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#B2A145 is a yellow with RGB values 178, 161, 69 and HSL 51°, 44%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#B2A145

RGBrgb(178, 161, 69)

RGB (0–1)0.698, 0.6314, 0.2706

RGB percentages69.8%, 63.1%, 27.1%

HSLhsl(50.6, 44.1%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 61.2%, 69.8%)

CMYK0%, 9.6%, 61.2%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,706,693

CSS custom property--colour: #B2A145;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35384WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness158.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.08:1

Contrast with white2.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E

Inverted#4D5EBA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AF9D3Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#B4A34Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#BF968Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 12.7 Olive · ΔE 17.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.5 Khaki · ΔE 24.9 Burlywood · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 12.68, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4556B2

Analogous#B26A45, #8DB245

Triadic#45B2A1, #A145B2

Split complementary#458DB2, #6A45B2

Tetradic#45B26A, #4556B2, #B2458D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFEAD4

Lighter +30%#E0D9B0

Lighter +20%#D2C78B

Lighter +10%#C4B566

Darker −10%#8D8037

Darker −20%#685F29

Darker −30%#443D1A

Darker −40%#1F1C0C

More saturated +25%#D1B626

Less saturated −25%#938C64

Channel breakdown

R178

G161

B69

Red178 (69.8%)

Green161 (63.1%)

Blue69 (27.1%)

Hue50.64°

Saturation (HSL)44.13%

Lightness48.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B2 · G A1 · B 45

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