Colour

#B2A23F

#B2A23F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#B2A23F is a yellow with RGB values 178, 162, 63 and HSL 52°, 48%, 47%. 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

#B2A23F#B2A23F

HEX#B2A23F

RGBrgb(178, 162, 63)

RGB (0–1)0.698, 0.6353, 0.2471

RGB percentages69.8%, 63.5%, 24.7%

HSLhsl(51.7, 47.7%, 47.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 64.6%, 69.8%)

CMYK0%, 9%, 64.6%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,706,943

CSS custom property--colour: #B2A23F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35665WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness159.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.13:1

Contrast with white2.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E

Inverted#4D5DC0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B19E33no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Deuteranopia#B5A444no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#BF978Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 14.7 Olive · ΔE 16.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.8 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.1 Khaki · ΔE 25.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 14.75, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3F4FB2

Analogous#B2693F, #88B23F

Triadic#3FB2A2, #A23FB2

Split complementary#3F88B2, #683FB2

Tetradic#3FB269, #3F4FB2, #B23F88

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EEEACF

Lighter +30%#E1D9A9

Lighter +20%#D3C884

Lighter +10%#C6B85E

Darker −10%#8C8032

Darker −20%#675D24

Darker −30%#413B17

Darker −40%#1B190A

More saturated +25%#D0B821

Less saturated −25%#948C5D

Channel breakdown

R178

G162

B63

Red178 (69.8%)

Green162 (63.5%)

Blue63 (24.7%)

Hue51.65°

Saturation (HSL)47.72%

Lightness47.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B2 · G A2 · B 3F

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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