Colour

#B59F48

#B59F48
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#B59F48 is a yellow with RGB values 181, 159, 72 and HSL 48°, 43%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#B59F48

RGBrgb(181, 159, 72)

RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.6235, 0.2824

RGB percentages71%, 62.4%, 28.2%

HSLhsl(47.9, 43.1%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.9, 60.2%, 71%)

CMYK0%, 12.2%, 60.2%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,902,792

CSS custom property--colour: #B59F48;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35088WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness158.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.02:1

Contrast with white2.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D

Inverted#4A60B7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AE9C3Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#B3A34Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Tritanopia#C2948Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.62:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 12.7 Olive · ΔE 19.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.8 Burlywood · ΔE 22.8 Peru · ΔE 24.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 12.71, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#485EB5

Analogous#B56948, #94B548

Triadic#48B59F, #9F48B5

Split complementary#4894B5, #6948B5

Tetradic#48B569, #485EB5, #B54895

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F0EBD9

Lighter +30%#E1D8B5

Lighter +20%#D3C590

Lighter +10%#C4B26C

Darker −10%#917F39

Darker −20%#6C5F2B

Darker −30%#483F1C

Darker −40%#231F0E

More saturated +25%#D5B228

Less saturated −25%#958C68

Channel breakdown

R181

G159

B72

Red181 (71%)

Green159 (62.4%)

Blue72 (28.2%)

Hue47.89°

Saturation (HSL)43.08%

Lightness49.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B5 · G 9F · B 48

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