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Recognised as Colour

#B5A232

  • #B5A232
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#B5A232 is a yellow with RGB values 181, 162, 50 and HSL 51°, 57%, 45%. 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

#B5A232#B5A232
HEX#B5A232
RGBrgb(181, 162, 50)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.6353, 0.1961
RGB percentages71%, 63.5%, 19.6%
HSLhsl(51.3, 56.7%, 45.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.3, 72.4%, 71%)
CMYK0%, 10.5%, 72.4%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,903,538
CSS custom property--colour: #B5A232;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35895WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.18:1
Contrast with white2.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#4A5DCD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B29E20no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7A539no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#C3968Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.3 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 text8.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 16.4Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.8Goldenrod · ΔE 18.5Dark khaki · ΔE 19.8Olivedrab · ΔE 26.8Khaki · ΔE 27.2
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 16.37, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3245B5
Analogous#B56032, #87B532
Triadic#32B5A2, #A232B5
Split complementary#3286B5, #6032B5
Tetradic#32B561, #3245B5, #B53287

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFE9C4
Lighter +30%#E4D99C
Lighter +20%#D9CA74
Lighter +10%#CEBB4C
Darker −10%#8D7E27
Darker −20%#655A1C
Darker −30%#3D3711
Darker −40%#151306
More saturated +25%#D2B615
Less saturated −25%#988E4F

Channel breakdown

R181
G162
B50
Red181 (71%)
Green162 (63.5%)
Blue50 (19.6%)
Hue51.3°
Saturation (HSL)56.71%
Lightness45.29%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B5 · G A2 · B 32

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