Colour

#B3A12C

#B3A12C
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#B3A12C is a yellow with RGB values 179, 161, 44 and HSL 52°, 61%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#B3A12C

RGBrgb(179, 161, 44)

RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.6314, 0.1725

RGB percentages70.2%, 63.1%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(52, 60.5%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52, 75.4%, 70.2%)

CMYK0%, 10.1%, 75.4%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,772,204

CSS custom property--colour: #B3A12C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35255WCAG 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 8.05:1

Contrast with white2.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C

Inverted#4C5ED3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B19C15no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#B6A334no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#C1958Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 15.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 18.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.6 Khaki · ΔE 28.4

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#2C3EB3

Analogous#B35E2C, #82B32C

Triadic#2CB3A1, #A12CB3

Split complementary#2C82B3, #5D2CB3

Tetradic#2CB35E, #2C3EB3, #B32C82

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFE8BC

Lighter +30%#E5DA93

Lighter +20%#DACC6B

Lighter +10%#D0BD42

Darker −10%#8A7C22

Darker −20%#615718

Darker −30%#38330E

Darker −40%#0F0E04

More saturated +25%#CFB510

Less saturated −25%#978D48

Channel breakdown

R179

G161

B44

Red179 (70.2%)

Green161 (63.1%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue52°

Saturation (HSL)60.54%

Lightness43.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B3 · G A1 · B 2C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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