Colour

#B3AA87

#B3AA87
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#B3AA87 is a yellow with RGB values 179, 170, 135 and HSL 48°, 22%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#B3AA87#B3AA87

HEX#B3AA87

RGBrgb(179, 170, 135)

RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.6667, 0.5294

RGB percentages70.2%, 66.7%, 52.9%

HSLhsl(47.7, 22.4%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.7, 24.6%, 70.2%)

CMYK0%, 5%, 24.6%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,774,599

CSS custom property--colour: #B3AA87;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40082WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness169.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.02:1

Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9

Inverted#4C5578

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B1A885no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#B4AB88no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#BAA5A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 10.6 Burlywood · ΔE 16.2 Dark grey · ΔE 19.4 Wheat · ΔE 20.8 Silver · ΔE 21.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.4

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 10.61, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8790B3

Analogous#B39487, #A6B387

Triadic#87B3AA, #AA87B3

Split complementary#87A6B3, #9487B3

Tetradic#87B394, #8790B3, #B387A6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EEECE5

Lighter +20%#DBD6C5

Lighter +10%#C7C0A6

Darker −10%#9F9468

Darker −20%#827852

Darker −30%#635B3E

Darker −40%#433E2B

More saturated +25%#CCB86F

Less saturated −25%#9D9D9D

Channel breakdown

R179

G170

B135

Red179 (70.2%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue135 (52.9%)

Hue47.73°

Saturation (HSL)22.45%

Lightness61.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B3 · G AA · B 87

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Colour values

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