Colour

#B5A336

#B5A336
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#B5A336 is a yellow with RGB values 181, 163, 54 and HSL 51°, 54%, 46%. 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

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HEX#B5A336

RGBrgb(181, 163, 54)

RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.6392, 0.2118

RGB percentages71%, 63.9%, 21.2%

HSLhsl(51.5, 54%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.5, 70.2%, 71%)

CMYK0%, 9.9%, 70.2%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,903,798

CSS custom property--colour: #B5A336;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36284WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness160.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.26:1

Contrast with white2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F

Inverted#4A5CC9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B39F26no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#B8A53Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#C3978Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 16.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 18.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 19.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.3 Khaki · ΔE 26.4

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 16.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3648B5

Analogous#B56436, #88B536

Triadic#36B5A3, #A336B5

Split complementary#3688B5, #6436B5

Tetradic#36B563, #3648B5, #B53687

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFE9C8

Lighter +30%#E3DAA1

Lighter +20%#D7CA7A

Lighter +10%#CCBA52

Darker −10%#8E802A

Darker −20%#665C1F

Darker −30%#3F3913

Darker −40%#181607

More saturated +25%#D2B819

Less saturated −25%#988E53

Channel breakdown

R181

G163

B54

Red181 (71%)

Green163 (63.9%)

Blue54 (21.2%)

Hue51.5°

Saturation (HSL)54.04%

Lightness46.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B5 · G A3 · B 36

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