Colour

#B49F41

#B49F41
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#B49F41 is a yellow with RGB values 180, 159, 65 and HSL 49°, 47%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#B49F41

RGBrgb(180, 159, 65)

RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.6235, 0.2549

RGB percentages70.6%, 62.4%, 25.5%

HSLhsl(49, 46.9%, 48%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49, 63.9%, 70.6%)

CMYK0%, 11.7%, 63.9%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,837,249

CSS custom property--colour: #B49F41;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34881WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness158.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.98:1

Contrast with white2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D

Inverted#4B60BE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AE9C36no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#B4A246no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#C2948Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 14.6 Olive · ΔE 17.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.5 Peru · ΔE 25.3 Burlywood · ΔE 25.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 14.56, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4156B4

Analogous#B46641, #90B441

Triadic#41B49F, #9F41B4

Split complementary#4190B4, #6541B4

Tetradic#41B466, #4156B4, #B44190

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFEAD2

Lighter +30%#E1D8AD

Lighter +20%#D4C687

Lighter +10%#C6B462

Darker −10%#8F7E33

Darker −20%#695D26

Darker −30%#443C18

Darker −40%#1E1B0B

More saturated +25%#D3B222

Less saturated −25%#958C60

Channel breakdown

R180

G159

B65

Red180 (70.6%)

Green159 (62.4%)

Blue65 (25.5%)

Hue49.04°

Saturation (HSL)46.94%

Lightness48.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B4 · G 9F · B 41

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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