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Recognised as Colour

#B49D2E

  • #B49D2E
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#B49D2E is a yellow with RGB values 180, 157, 46 and HSL 50°, 59%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#B49D2E#B49D2E
HEX#B49D2E
RGBrgb(180, 157, 46)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.6157, 0.1804
RGB percentages70.6%, 61.6%, 18%
HSLhsl(49.7, 59.3%, 44.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.7, 74.4%, 70.6%)
CMYK0%, 12.8%, 74.4%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,836,718
CSS custom property--colour: #B49D2E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34014WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.8:1
Contrast with white2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#4B62D1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AD991Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3A135no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Tritanopia#C29187no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 15.4Olive · ΔE 16.2Goldenrod · ΔE 17.4Dark khaki · ΔE 20.9Peru · ΔE 26.9Olivedrab · ΔE 28
Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 15.4, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2E45B4
Analogous#B45A2E, #88B42E
Triadic#2EB49D, #9D2EB4
Split complementary#2E88B4, #5A2EB4
Tetradic#2EB45A, #2E45B4, #B42E88

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFE7BF
Lighter +30%#E4D797
Lighter +20%#DAC76E
Lighter +10%#D0B845
Darker −10%#8B7A24
Darker −20%#635619
Darker −30%#3A330F
Darker −40%#120F04
More saturated +25%#D0B012
Less saturated −25%#988A4A

Channel breakdown

R180
G157
B46
Red180 (70.6%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue46 (18%)
Hue49.7°
Saturation (HSL)59.29%
Lightness44.31%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B4 · G 9D · B 2E

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