Colour

#B39F2A

#B39F2A
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#B39F2A is a yellow with RGB values 179, 159, 42 and HSL 51°, 62%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#B39F2A#B39F2A

HEX#B39F2A

RGBrgb(179, 159, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.6235, 0.1647

RGB percentages70.2%, 62.4%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(51.2, 62%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.2, 76.5%, 70.2%)

CMYK0%, 11.2%, 76.5%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,771,690

CSS custom property--colour: #B39F2A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34547WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness156.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.91:1

Contrast with white2.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B

Inverted#4C60D5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AF9B12no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#B4A232no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#C19389no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.66:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 15.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 17.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 22 Olivedrab · ΔE 27.2 Khaki · ΔE 29.1

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 15.84, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2A3EB3

Analogous#B35A2A, #82B32A

Triadic#2AB39F, #9F2AB3

Split complementary#2A82B3, #5A2AB3

Tetradic#2AB35B, #2A3EB3, #B32A83

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFE7BA

Lighter +30%#E5D991

Lighter +20%#DBCB68

Lighter +10%#D2BC3E

Darker −10%#8A7A20

Darker −20%#605617

Darker −30%#37310D

Darker −40%#0E0C03

More saturated +25%#CFB30E

Less saturated −25%#978B46

Channel breakdown

R179

G159

B42

Red179 (70.2%)

Green159 (62.4%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue51.24°

Saturation (HSL)61.99%

Lightness43.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B3 · G 9F · B 2A

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Colour values

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Colour vision & accessibility

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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