Recognised as Colour

#B49A10

#B49A10
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Goldenrod

#B49A10 is a yellow with RGB values 180, 154, 16 and HSL 50°, 84%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#B49A10

RGBrgb(180, 154, 16)

RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.6039, 0.0627

RGB percentages70.6%, 60.4%, 6.3%

HSLhsl(50.5, 83.7%, 38.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.5, 91.1%, 70.6%)

CMYK0%, 14.4%, 91.1%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,835,920

CSS custom property--colour: #B49A10;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32852WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness153.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.57:1

Contrast with white2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#969696

Inverted#4B65EF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AB9600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#B29F1Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Tritanopia#C38D83no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 13.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 13.8 Olive · ΔE 18 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.3 Peru · ΔE 29.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 31.3

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 13.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#102AB4

Analogous#B44810, #7CB410

Triadic#10B49A, #9A10B4

Split complementary#107CB4, #4810B4

Tetradic#10B448, #102AB4, #B4107C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6E79A

Lighter +30%#F2DD6B

Lighter +20%#EED23C

Lighter +10%#E3C214

Darker −10%#85720C

Darker −20%#564A08

Darker −30%#272204

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C4A500

Less saturated −25%#9C8929

Channel breakdown

R180

G154

B16

Red180 (70.6%)

Green154 (60.4%)

Blue16 (6.3%)

Hue50.49°

Saturation (HSL)83.67%

Lightness38.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B4 · G 9A · B 10

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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