Colour

#B2A464

#B2A464
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#B2A464 is a yellow with RGB values 178, 164, 100 and HSL 49°, 34%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#B2A464

RGBrgb(178, 164, 100)

RGB (0–1)0.698, 0.6431, 0.3922

RGB percentages69.8%, 64.3%, 39.2%

HSLhsl(49.2, 33.6%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.2, 43.8%, 69.8%)

CMYK0%, 7.9%, 43.8%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,707,492

CSS custom property--colour: #B2A464;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36936WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness162.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.39:1

Contrast with white2.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2

Inverted#4D5B9B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B0A15Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#B4A666no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#BD9B94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 8.9 Burlywood · ΔE 15.6 Tan · ΔE 15.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 24.5 Wheat · ΔE 25.3 Navajo white · ΔE 25.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 8.89, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6472B2

Analogous#B27D64, #99B264

Triadic#64B2A4, #A464B2

Split complementary#6499B2, #7D64B2

Tetradic#64B27D, #6472B2, #B26499

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6F4EC

Lighter +30%#E5E0CA

Lighter +20%#D4CCA8

Lighter +10%#C3B886

Darker −10%#988A4B

Darker −20%#766B3A

Darker −30%#544C29

Darker −40%#312D19

More saturated +25%#CFB747

Less saturated −25%#959181

Channel breakdown

R178

G164

B100

Red178 (69.8%)

Green164 (64.3%)

Blue100 (39.2%)

Hue49.23°

Saturation (HSL)33.62%

Lightness54.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B2 · G A4 · B 64

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Colour values

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