Colour

#B5A342

#B5A342
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#B5A342 is a yellow with RGB values 181, 163, 66 and HSL 51°, 47%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#B5A342

RGBrgb(181, 163, 66)

RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.6392, 0.2588

RGB percentages71%, 63.9%, 25.9%

HSLhsl(50.6, 46.6%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 63.5%, 71%)

CMYK0%, 9.9%, 63.5%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,903,810

CSS custom property--colour: #B5A342;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36411WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness160.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.28:1

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

Contrast with black8.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0

Inverted#4A5CBD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B29F37no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#B7A547no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#C2988Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.4 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 text8.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 14.1 Olive · ΔE 17.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.5 Khaki · ΔE 24.6 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 14.15, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4254B5

Analogous#B56942, #8EB542

Triadic#42B5A3, #A342B5

Split complementary#428EB5, #6942B5

Tetradic#42B569, #4254B5, #B5428E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFEBD4

Lighter +30%#E2DAAE

Lighter +20%#D4C889

Lighter +10%#C6B764

Darker −10%#908134

Darker −20%#6A6027

Darker −30%#453E19

Darker −40%#201C0B

More saturated +25%#D4B823

Less saturated −25%#968E61

Channel breakdown

R181

G163

B66

Red181 (71%)

Green163 (63.9%)

Blue66 (25.9%)

Hue50.61°

Saturation (HSL)46.56%

Lightness48.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B5 · G A3 · B 42

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