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Recognised as Colour

#B5A333

  • #B5A333
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#B5A333 is a yellow with RGB values 181, 163, 51 and HSL 52°, 56%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#B5A333#B5A333
HEX#B5A333
RGBrgb(181, 163, 51)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.6392, 0.2
RGB percentages71%, 63.9%, 20%
HSLhsl(51.7, 56%, 45.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 71.8%, 71%)
CMYK0%, 9.9%, 71.8%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,903,795
CSS custom property--colour: #B5A333;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36257WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.25:1
Contrast with white2.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#4A5CCC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B39E21no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8A53Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Tritanopia#C3978Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.4 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 text8.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 16.4Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18.3Goldenrod · ΔE 18.9Dark khaki · ΔE 19.6Olivedrab · ΔE 26.5Khaki · ΔE 26.9
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 16.4, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3345B5
Analogous#B56233, #86B533
Triadic#33B5A3, #A333B5
Split complementary#3386B5, #6233B5
Tetradic#33B562, #3345B5, #B53386

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFE9C5
Lighter +30%#E4DA9D
Lighter +20%#D8CB76
Lighter +10%#CDBB4E
Darker −10%#8D7F28
Darker −20%#655B1D
Darker −30%#3E3811
Darker −40%#161406
More saturated +25%#D2B816
Less saturated −25%#988E50

Channel breakdown

R181
G163
B51
Red181 (71%)
Green163 (63.9%)
Blue51 (20%)
Hue51.69°
Saturation (HSL)56.03%
Lightness45.49%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B5 · G A3 · B 33

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