Recognised as Colour

#B4AA6E

#B4AA6E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#B4AA6E is a yellow with RGB values 180, 170, 110 and HSL 51°, 32%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#B4AA6E

RGBrgb(180, 170, 110)

RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.6667, 0.4314

RGB percentages70.6%, 66.7%, 43.1%

HSLhsl(51.4, 31.8%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.4, 38.9%, 70.6%)

CMYK0%, 5.6%, 38.9%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,840,110

CSS custom property--colour: #B4AA6E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39579WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness167.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.92:1

Contrast with white2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8

Inverted#4B5591

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B5A66Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#B8AB70no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#BEA29Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 8.9 Tan · ΔE 14.2 Burlywood · ΔE 14.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.1 Wheat · ΔE 22.8 Navajo white · ΔE 23.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 8.93, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6E78B4

Analogous#B4876E, #9BB46E

Triadic#6EB4AA, #AA6EB4

Split complementary#6E9BB4, #876EB4

Tetradic#6EB487, #6E78B4, #B46E9B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAF9F4

Lighter +30%#E8E5D3

Lighter +20%#D7D1B1

Lighter +10%#C5BE90

Darker −10%#9E9351

Darker −20%#7C7340

Darker −30%#5A542F

Darker −40%#39351D

More saturated +25%#D0BE52

Less saturated −25%#99968A

Channel breakdown

R180

G170

B110

Red180 (70.6%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue110 (43.1%)

Hue51.43°

Saturation (HSL)31.82%

Lightness56.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B4 · G AA · B 6E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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