Recognised as Colour

#B4A772

#B4A772
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#B4A772 is a yellow with RGB values 180, 167, 114 and HSL 48°, 31%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

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HEX#B4A772

RGBrgb(180, 167, 114)

RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.6549, 0.4471

RGB percentages70.6%, 65.5%, 44.7%

HSLhsl(48.2, 30.6%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.2, 36.7%, 70.6%)

CMYK0%, 7.2%, 36.7%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,839,346

CSS custom property--colour: #B4A772;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38556WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness166 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.71:1

Contrast with white2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6

Inverted#4B588D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B1A46Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#B5A974no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#BE9F99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 11.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 12.6 Burlywood · ΔE 13.4 Wheat · ΔE 22.1 Navajo white · ΔE 23 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23.2

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 11.54, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#727FB4

Analogous#B48672, #A0B472

Triadic#72B4A7, #A772B4

Split complementary#72A0B4, #8672B4

Tetradic#72B486, #727FB4, #B472A0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBFAF7

Lighter +30%#E9E5D6

Lighter +20%#D7D1B5

Lighter +10%#C6BC93

Darker −10%#9F9054

Darker −20%#7D7243

Darker −30%#5C5431

Darker −40%#3B351F

More saturated +25%#CFB757

Less saturated −25%#99978D

Channel breakdown

R180

G167

B114

Red180 (70.6%)

Green167 (65.5%)

Blue114 (44.7%)

Hue48.18°

Saturation (HSL)30.56%

Lightness57.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B4 · G A7 · B 72

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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