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Recognised as Colour

#B5A228

  • #B5A228
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#B5A228 is a yellow with RGB values 181, 162, 40 and HSL 52°, 64%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#B5A228#B5A228
HEX#B5A228
RGBrgb(181, 162, 40)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.6353, 0.1569
RGB percentages71%, 63.5%, 15.7%
HSLhsl(51.9, 63.8%, 43.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.9, 77.9%, 71%)
CMYK0%, 10.5%, 77.9%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,903,528
CSS custom property--colour: #B5A228;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35818WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.16:1
Contrast with white2.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#4A5DD7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B29D0Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7A431no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Tritanopia#C3968Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 16.7Goldenrod · ΔE 17Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.4Dark khaki · ΔE 23.1Olivedrab · ΔE 27.6Khaki · ΔE 29
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 16.7, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#283BB5
Analogous#B55C28, #82B528
Triadic#28B5A2, #A228B5
Split complementary#2881B5, #5C28B5
Tetradic#28B55C, #283BB5, #B52881

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0E8B9
Lighter +30%#E6DB90
Lighter +20%#DDCD66
Lighter +10%#D4BF3C
Darker −10%#8B7D1F
Darker −20%#615716
Darker −30%#38320C
Darker −40%#0E0C03
More saturated +25%#D1B60C
Less saturated −25%#998E44

Channel breakdown

R181
G162
B40
Red181 (71%)
Green162 (63.5%)
Blue40 (15.7%)
Hue51.91°
Saturation (HSL)63.8%
Lightness43.33%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B5 · G A2 · B 28

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