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Recognised as Colour

#B4B4A3

  • #B4B4A3
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#B4B4A3 is a yellow with RGB values 180, 180, 163 and HSL 60°, 10%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#B4B4A3#B4B4A3
HEX#B4B4A3
RGBrgb(180, 180, 163)
RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.7059, 0.6392
RGB percentages70.6%, 70.6%, 63.9%
HSLhsl(60, 10.2%, 67.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(60, 9.4%, 70.6%)
CMYK0%, 0%, 9.4%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,842,723
CSS custom property--colour: #B4B4A3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4499WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10:1
Contrast with white2.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#4B4B5C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7B2A2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8B3A4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Tritanopia#B7B2AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.1:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 9.9Silver · ΔE 10.4Light grey · ΔE 14.9Gainsboro · ΔE 17.5Tan · ΔE 17.8Gray · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 9.89, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A3A3B4
Analogous#B4ACA3, #ACB4A3
Triadic#A3B4B4, #B4A3B4
Split complementary#A3ACB4, #ACA3B4
Tetradic#A3B4AC, #A3A3B4, #B4A3AC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9F9F7
Lighter +20%#E2E2DB
Lighter +10%#CBCBBF
Darker −10%#9D9D87
Darker −20%#85856C
Darker −30%#696955
Darker −40%#4D4D3E
More saturated +25%#C9C98E
Less saturated −25%#ACACAC

Channel breakdown

R180
G180
B163
Red180 (70.6%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue163 (63.9%)
Hue60°
Saturation (HSL)10.18%
Lightness67.25%
Dominant channelRed and Green
Hex per channelR B4 · G B4 · B A3

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