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Recognised as Colour

#B4AA3C

  • #B4AA3C
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#B4AA3C is a yellow with RGB values 180, 170, 60 and HSL 55°, 50%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#B4AA3C#B4AA3C
HEX#B4AA3C
RGBrgb(180, 170, 60)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.6667, 0.2353
RGB percentages70.6%, 66.7%, 23.5%
HSLhsl(55, 50%, 47.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(55, 66.7%, 70.6%)
CMYK0%, 5.6%, 66.7%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,840,060
CSS custom property--colour: #B4AA3C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38779WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.76:1
Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#4B55C3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9A42Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCAA43no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Tritanopia#C19F93no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 17.1Dark khaki · ΔE 17.1Goldenrod · ΔE 22.5Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.7Olivedrab · ΔE 24Khaki · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 17.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3C46B4
Analogous#B46E3C, #82B43C
Triadic#3CB4AA, #AA3CB4
Split complementary#3C82B4, #6E3CB4
Tetradic#3CB46E, #3C46B4, #B43C82

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFECCE
Lighter +30%#E2DDA7
Lighter +20%#D5CE81
Lighter +10%#C8BF5B
Darker −10%#8E862F
Darker −20%#686222
Darker −30%#413E16
Darker −40%#1B1909
More saturated +25%#D2C31E
Less saturated −25%#96915A

Channel breakdown

R180
G170
B60
Red180 (70.6%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue60 (23.5%)
Hue55°
Saturation (HSL)50%
Lightness47.06%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B4 · G AA · B 3C

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