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Recognised as Colour

#B3A03C

  • #B3A03C
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#B3A03C is a yellow with RGB values 179, 160, 60 and HSL 50°, 50%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#B3A03C#B3A03C
HEX#B3A03C
RGBrgb(179, 160, 60)
RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.6275, 0.2353
RGB percentages70.2%, 62.7%, 23.5%
HSLhsl(50.4, 49.8%, 46.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.4, 66.5%, 70.2%)
CMYK0%, 10.6%, 66.5%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,771,964
CSS custom property--colour: #B3A03C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35052WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.01:1
Contrast with white2.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#4C5FC3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AF9C2Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4A341no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Tritanopia#C1958Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.62:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 16Olive · ΔE 16.6Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18.9Goldenrod · ΔE 21.4Khaki · ΔE 26.1Olivedrab · ΔE 26.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 15.97, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3C4FB3
Analogous#B3643C, #8BB33C
Triadic#3CB3A0, #A03CB3
Split complementary#3C8BB3, #643CB3
Tetradic#3CB364, #3C4FB3, #B33C8B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEE9CD
Lighter +30%#E1D8A7
Lighter +20%#D5C780
Lighter +10%#C8B65A
Darker −10%#8D7E2F
Darker −20%#675C22
Darker −30%#403A16
Darker −40%#1A1709
More saturated +25%#D1B41E
Less saturated −25%#958C5A

Channel breakdown

R179
G160
B60
Red179 (70.2%)
Green160 (62.7%)
Blue60 (23.5%)
Hue50.42°
Saturation (HSL)49.79%
Lightness46.86%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B3 · G A0 · B 3C

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