Recognised as Colour

#B5A11A

#B5A11A
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Goldenrod

#B5A11A is a yellow with RGB values 181, 161, 26 and HSL 52°, 75%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#B5A11A

RGBrgb(181, 161, 26)

RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.6314, 0.102

RGB percentages71%, 63.1%, 10.2%

HSLhsl(52.3, 74.9%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.3, 85.6%, 71%)

CMYK0%, 11%, 85.6%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,903,258

CSS custom property--colour: #B5A11A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35388WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness158.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.08:1

Contrast with white2.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C

Inverted#4A5EE5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B29C00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#B7A427no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Tritanopia#C49489no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 15.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.3 Olive · ΔE 17.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 26.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 29.3 Gold · ΔE 30.8

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 15.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1A2EB5

Analogous#B5531A, #7CB51A

Triadic#1AB5A1, #A11AB5

Split complementary#1A7CB5, #541AB5

Tetradic#1AB553, #1A2EB5, #B51A7B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3E9A8

Lighter +30%#ECDE7C

Lighter +20%#E6D24F

Lighter +10%#DFC723

Darker −10%#887914

Darker −20%#5C520D

Darker −30%#2F2A07

Darker −40%#030200

More saturated +25%#CFB400

Less saturated −25%#9B8E34

Channel breakdown

R181

G161

B26

Red181 (71%)

Green161 (63.1%)

Blue26 (10.2%)

Hue52.26°

Saturation (HSL)74.88%

Lightness40.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B5 · G A1 · B 1A

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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