Recognised as Colour

#B5A01E

#B5A01E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Goldenrod

#B5A01E is a yellow with RGB values 181, 160, 30 and HSL 52°, 72%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#B5A01E#B5A01E

HEX#B5A01E

RGBrgb(181, 160, 30)

RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.6275, 0.1176

RGB percentages71%, 62.7%, 11.8%

HSLhsl(51.7, 71.6%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 83.4%, 71%)

CMYK0%, 11.6%, 83.4%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,903,006

CSS custom property--colour: #B5A01E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35059WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness157.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.01:1

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

Contrast with black8.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B

Inverted#4A5FE1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B19C00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#B6A329no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Tritanopia#C49389no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.8 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 text8.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 15.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.5 Olive · ΔE 17.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 25.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 29.1 Khaki · ΔE 31

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 15.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1E33B5

Analogous#B5551E, #7EB51E

Triadic#1EB5A0, #A01EB5

Split complementary#1E7FB5, #551EB5

Tetradic#1EB555, #1E33B5, #B51E7E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1E8AE

Lighter +30%#EADC82

Lighter +20%#E3CF56

Lighter +10%#DCC32A

Darker −10%#897917

Darker −20%#5E530F

Darker −30%#322C08

Darker −40%#060501

More saturated +25%#CFB304

Less saturated −25%#9B8D38

Channel breakdown

R181

G160

B30

Red181 (71%)

Green160 (62.7%)

Blue30 (11.8%)

Hue51.66°

Saturation (HSL)71.56%

Lightness41.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B5 · G A0 · B 1E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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