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Colour

#B4A348

  • #B4A348
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#B4A348 is a yellow with RGB values 180, 163, 72 and HSL 51°, 43%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#B4A348#B4A348
HEX#B4A348
RGBrgb(180, 163, 72)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.6392, 0.2824
RGB percentages70.6%, 63.9%, 28.2%
HSLhsl(50.6, 42.9%, 49.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 60%, 70.6%)
CMYK0%, 9.4%, 60%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,838,280
CSS custom property--colour: #B4A348;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36366WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.27:1
Contrast with white2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#4B5CB7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B19F3Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6A54Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Tritanopia#C1988Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 11.9Olive · ΔE 18.7Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22Khaki · ΔE 24.1Burlywood · ΔE 24.4Goldenrod · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 11.87, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4859B4
Analogous#B46D48, #8FB448
Triadic#48B4A3, #A348B4
Split complementary#488FB4, #6D48B4
Tetradic#48B46D, #4859B4, #B4488F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0ECD8
Lighter +30%#E1DAB4
Lighter +20%#D2C890
Lighter +10%#C4B66B
Darker −10%#908239
Darker −20%#6B612B
Darker −30%#47401C
Darker −40%#221F0E
More saturated +25%#D4B929
Less saturated −25%#958D68

Channel breakdown

R180
G163
B72
Red180 (70.6%)
Green163 (63.9%)
Blue72 (28.2%)
Hue50.56°
Saturation (HSL)42.86%
Lightness49.41%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B4 · G A3 · B 48

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