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Recognised as Colour

#B4A668

  • #B4A668
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#B4A668 is a yellow with RGB values 180, 166, 104 and HSL 49°, 34%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#B4A668#B4A668
HEX#B4A668
RGBrgb(180, 166, 104)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.651, 0.4078
RGB percentages70.6%, 65.1%, 40.8%
HSLhsl(48.9, 33.6%, 55.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.9, 42.2%, 70.6%)
CMYK0%, 7.8%, 42.2%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,839,080
CSS custom property--colour: #B4A668;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37975WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.6:1
Contrast with white2.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#4B5997

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2A363no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5A86Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Tritanopia#BF9E97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 9.1Burlywood · ΔE 14.7Tan · ΔE 14.7Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23.6Wheat · ΔE 24.1Navajo white · ΔE 24.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 9.08, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6876B4
Analogous#B48068, #9CB468
Triadic#68B4A6, #A668B4
Split complementary#689CB4, #8068B4
Tetradic#68B480, #6876B4, #B4689C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8F6F0
Lighter +30%#E7E2CE
Lighter +20%#D6CEAC
Lighter +10%#C5BA8A
Darker −10%#9C8D4D
Darker −20%#7A6E3C
Darker −30%#584F2B
Darker −40%#35301B
More saturated +25%#D0B84C
Less saturated −25%#989484

Channel breakdown

R180
G166
B104
Red180 (70.6%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue104 (40.8%)
Hue48.95°
Saturation (HSL)33.63%
Lightness55.69%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B4 · G A6 · B 68

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