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Colour

#B49F27

  • #B49F27
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#B49F27 is a yellow with RGB values 180, 159, 39 and HSL 51°, 64%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#B49F27#B49F27
HEX#B49F27
RGBrgb(180, 159, 39)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.6235, 0.1529
RGB percentages70.6%, 62.4%, 15.3%
HSLhsl(51.1, 64.4%, 42.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.1, 78.3%, 70.6%)
CMYK0%, 11.7%, 78.3%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,837,223
CSS custom property--colour: #B49F27;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34646WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.93:1
Contrast with white2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#4B60D8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AF9B0Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5A230no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Tritanopia#C39388no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.1Olive · ΔE 16.3Goldenrod · ΔE 16.6Dark khaki · ΔE 23Olivedrab · ΔE 28Peru · ΔE 29.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 16.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#273CB4
Analogous#B45927, #83B427
Triadic#27B49F, #9F27B4
Split complementary#2783B4, #5827B4
Tetradic#27B458, #273CB4, #B42783

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0E7B7
Lighter +30%#E6D98E
Lighter +20%#DDCB64
Lighter +10%#D4BD3A
Darker −10%#8A7A1E
Darker −20%#605515
Darker −30%#36300C
Darker −40%#0C0B03
More saturated +25%#CFB20C
Less saturated −25%#998C42

Channel breakdown

R180
G159
B39
Red180 (70.6%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue39 (15.3%)
Hue51.06°
Saturation (HSL)64.38%
Lightness42.94%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B4 · G 9F · B 27

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