Recognised as Colour

#B5A32B

#B5A32B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#B5A32B is a yellow with RGB values 181, 163, 43 and HSL 52°, 62%, 44%. 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

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HEX#B5A32B

RGBrgb(181, 163, 43)

RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.6392, 0.1686

RGB percentages71%, 63.9%, 16.9%

HSLhsl(52.2, 61.6%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.2, 76.2%, 71%)

CMYK0%, 9.9%, 76.2%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,903,787

CSS custom property--colour: #B5A32B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36193WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness160 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.24:1

Contrast with white2.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E

Inverted#4A5CD4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B39E12no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#B8A533no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#C3978Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 16.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 17.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 27.1 Khaki · ΔE 28.3

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 16.6, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2B3DB5

Analogous#B55E2B, #82B52B

Triadic#2BB5A3, #A32BB5

Split complementary#2B82B5, #5E2BB5

Tetradic#2BB55E, #2B3DB5, #B52B82

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFE9BD

Lighter +30%#E5DB94

Lighter +20%#DCCD6A

Lighter +10%#D2BF41

Darker −10%#8C7E21

Darker −20%#635917

Darker −30%#39340E

Darker −40%#100F04

More saturated +25%#D1B80F

Less saturated −25%#998E47

Channel breakdown

R181

G163

B43

Red181 (71%)

Green163 (63.9%)

Blue43 (16.9%)

Hue52.17°

Saturation (HSL)61.61%

Lightness43.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B5 · G A3 · B 2B

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Colour values

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