Colour

#B4AE85

#B4AE85
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#B4AE85 is a yellow with RGB values 180, 174, 133 and HSL 52°, 24%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#B4AE85#B4AE85

HEX#B4AE85

RGBrgb(180, 174, 133)

RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.6824, 0.5216

RGB percentages70.6%, 68.2%, 52.2%

HSLhsl(52.3, 23.9%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.3, 26.1%, 70.6%)

CMYK0%, 3.3%, 26.1%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,841,157

CSS custom property--colour: #B4AE85;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41669WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness171.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.33:1

Contrast with white2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC

Inverted#4B517A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B6AB82no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#B8AE86no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Tritanopia#BBA8A3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 10.8 Burlywood · ΔE 15.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 18.1 Dark seagreen · ΔE 19.8 Wheat · ΔE 19.8 Dark grey · ΔE 22.4

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 10.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#858BB4

Analogous#B49785, #A3B485

Triadic#85B4AE, #AE85B4

Split complementary#85A3B4, #9785B4

Tetradic#85B497, #858BB4, #B485A3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EEEDE4

Lighter +20%#DBD8C4

Lighter +10%#C7C3A5

Darker −10%#A19965

Darker −20%#837C50

Darker −30%#635E3D

Darker −40%#444029

More saturated +25%#CDC06C

Less saturated −25%#9D9D9D

Channel breakdown

R180

G174

B133

Red180 (70.6%)

Green174 (68.2%)

Blue133 (52.2%)

Hue52.34°

Saturation (HSL)23.86%

Lightness61.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B4 · G AE · B 85

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Colour values

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