Colour
#B5A85E
- #B5A85E
- Yellow
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark khaki
#B5A85E is a yellow with RGB values 181, 168, 94 and HSL 51°, 37%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.
Colour values
#B5A85E#B5A85E
HEX#B5A85E
RGBrgb(181, 168, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.6588, 0.3686
RGB percentages71%, 65.9%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(51, 37%, 53.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51, 48.1%, 71%)
CMYK0%, 7.2%, 48.1%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,905,118
CSS custom property--colour: #B5A85E;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.38637WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.73:1
Contrast with white2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#4A57A1
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.73:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#5E6BB5
Analogous#B57D5E, #97B55E
Triadic#5EB5A8, #A85EB5
Split complementary#5E97B5, #7D5EB5
Tetradic#5EB57D, #5E6BB5, #B55E97
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R181
G168
B94
Red181 (71%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue51.03°
Saturation (HSL)37.02%
Lightness53.92%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B5 · G A8 · B 5E
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