Recognised as Colour

#B5A364

#B5A364
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#B5A364 is a yellow with RGB values 181, 163, 100 and HSL 47°, 35%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#B5A364

RGBrgb(181, 163, 100)

RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.6392, 0.3922

RGB percentages71%, 63.9%, 39.2%

HSLhsl(46.7, 35.4%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.7, 44.8%, 71%)

CMYK0%, 9.9%, 44.8%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,903,844

CSS custom property--colour: #B5A364;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36938WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness162.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.39:1

Contrast with white2.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2

Inverted#4A5C9B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AFA05Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#B4A666no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#C09A94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 9.9 Burlywood · ΔE 14.4 Tan · ΔE 15 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 24.8 Navajo white · ΔE 24.8 Wheat · ΔE 25

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 9.94, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6476B5

Analogous#B57A64, #9FB564

Triadic#64B5A3, #A364B5

Split complementary#649FB5, #7A64B5

Tetradic#64B57A, #6476B5, #B5649F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7F5EE

Lighter +30%#E6E0CC

Lighter +20%#D6CCA9

Lighter +10%#C5B787

Darker −10%#9C8A4A

Darker −20%#796B3A

Darker −30%#574D29

Darker −40%#342E19

More saturated +25%#D2B347

Less saturated −25%#989381

Channel breakdown

R181

G163

B100

Red181 (71%)

Green163 (63.9%)

Blue100 (39.2%)

Hue46.67°

Saturation (HSL)35.37%

Lightness55.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B5 · G A3 · B 64

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Colour harmonies

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