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Recognised as Colour

#B3A23F

  • #B3A23F
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#B3A23F is a yellow with RGB values 179, 162, 63 and HSL 51°, 48%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#B3A23F#B3A23F
HEX#B3A23F
RGBrgb(179, 162, 63)
RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.6353, 0.2471
RGB percentages70.2%, 63.5%, 24.7%
HSLhsl(51.2, 47.9%, 47.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.2, 64.8%, 70.2%)
CMYK0%, 9.5%, 64.8%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,772,479
CSS custom property--colour: #B3A23F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35783WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.16:1
Contrast with white2.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#4C5DC0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B19E33no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6A444no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#C0978Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 14.9Olive · ΔE 16.9Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.2Goldenrod · ΔE 22.4Khaki · ΔE 25.2Olivedrab · ΔE 25.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 14.9, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3F50B3
Analogous#B3683F, #8AB33F
Triadic#3FB3A2, #A23FB3
Split complementary#3F8AB3, #683FB3
Tetradic#3FB368, #3F50B3, #B33F8A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEEAD0
Lighter +30%#E1D9AA
Lighter +20%#D4C884
Lighter +10%#C7B75E
Darker −10%#8D8032
Darker −20%#685E24
Darker −30%#423C17
Darker −40%#1C190A
More saturated +25%#D1B721
Less saturated −25%#958D5D

Channel breakdown

R179
G162
B63
Red179 (70.2%)
Green162 (63.5%)
Blue63 (24.7%)
Hue51.21°
Saturation (HSL)47.93%
Lightness47.45%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B3 · G A2 · B 3F

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