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Recognised as Colour

#B49D3D

  • #B49D3D
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#B49D3D is a yellow with RGB values 180, 157, 61 and HSL 48°, 49%, 47%. 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 khaki.

Colour values

#B49D3D#B49D3D
HEX#B49D3D
RGBrgb(180, 157, 61)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.6157, 0.2392
RGB percentages70.6%, 61.6%, 23.9%
HSLhsl(48.4, 49.4%, 47.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.4, 66.1%, 70.6%)
CMYK0%, 12.8%, 66.1%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,836,733
CSS custom property--colour: #B49D3D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34154WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.83:1
Contrast with white2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#4B62C2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AC9A31no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2A142no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Tritanopia#C29189no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 16.1Olive · ΔE 17.5Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.8Goldenrod · ΔE 21.3Peru · ΔE 24.6Burlywood · ΔE 26.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 16.06, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3D54B4
Analogous#B4623D, #90B43D
Triadic#3DB49D, #9D3DB4
Split complementary#3D8FB4, #623DB4
Tetradic#3DB462, #3D54B4, #B43D8F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFE8CE
Lighter +30%#E2D7A8
Lighter +20%#D5C582
Lighter +10%#C8B35C
Darker −10%#8E7C30
Darker −20%#685B23
Darker −30%#423916
Darker −40%#1C1809
More saturated +25%#D2AF1F
Less saturated −25%#968B5B

Channel breakdown

R180
G157
B61
Red180 (70.6%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue61 (23.9%)
Hue48.4°
Saturation (HSL)49.38%
Lightness47.25%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B4 · G 9D · B 3D

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