Recognised as Colour

#B2A87F

#B2A87F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#B2A87F is a yellow with RGB values 178, 168, 127 and HSL 48°, 25%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#B2A87F#B2A87F

HEX#B2A87F

RGBrgb(178, 168, 127)

RGB (0–1)0.698, 0.6588, 0.498

RGB percentages69.8%, 65.9%, 49.8%

HSLhsl(48.2, 24.9%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.2, 28.7%, 69.8%)

CMYK0%, 5.6%, 28.7%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,708,543

CSS custom property--colour: #B2A87F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39003WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness167 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.8:1

Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7

Inverted#4D5780

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B0A67Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Deuteranopia#B3A980no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#BAA29Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 10.3 Burlywood · ΔE 14.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 18.4 Wheat · ΔE 21.1 Dark seagreen · ΔE 21.6 Dark grey · ΔE 22.7

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 10.25, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7F89B2

Analogous#B28F7F, #A3B27F

Triadic#7FB2A8, #A87FB2

Split complementary#7FA3B2, #8F7FB2

Tetradic#7FB28F, #7F89B2, #B27FA3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFE

Lighter +30%#EBE9DF

Lighter +20%#D8D3BF

Lighter +10%#C5BE9F

Darker −10%#9F925F

Darker −20%#7F754C

Darker −30%#5F5739

Darker −40%#3F3A26

More saturated +25%#CCB865

Less saturated −25%#999999

Channel breakdown

R178

G168

B127

Red178 (69.8%)

Green168 (65.9%)

Blue127 (49.8%)

Hue48.24°

Saturation (HSL)24.88%

Lightness59.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B2 · G A8 · B 7F

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Colour values

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