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Recognised as Colour

#B4A83C

  • #B4A83C
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#B4A83C is a yellow with RGB values 180, 168, 60 and HSL 54°, 50%, 47%. 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

#B4A83C#B4A83C
HEX#B4A83C
RGBrgb(180, 168, 60)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.6588, 0.2353
RGB percentages70.6%, 65.9%, 23.5%
HSLhsl(54, 50%, 47.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(54, 66.7%, 70.6%)
CMYK0%, 6.7%, 66.7%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,839,548
CSS custom property--colour: #B4A83C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38035WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.61:1
Contrast with white2.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#4B57C3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7A32Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBA842no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Tritanopia#C19D92no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.8 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 text8.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 16.7Olive · ΔE 16.8Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.8Goldenrod · ΔE 22Olivedrab · ΔE 24.4Khaki · ΔE 24.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 16.73, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3C48B4
Analogous#B46C3C, #84B43C
Triadic#3CB4A8, #A83CB4
Split complementary#3C84B4, #6C3CB4
Tetradic#3CB46C, #3C48B4, #B43C84

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFEBCE
Lighter +30%#E2DCA7
Lighter +20%#D5CD81
Lighter +10%#C8BD5B
Darker −10%#8E842F
Darker −20%#686122
Darker −30%#413D16
Darker −40%#1B1909
More saturated +25%#D2C01E
Less saturated −25%#96905A

Channel breakdown

R180
G168
B60
Red180 (70.6%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue60 (23.5%)
Hue54°
Saturation (HSL)50%
Lightness47.06%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B4 · G A8 · B 3C

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