Colour

#B5AE87

#B5AE87
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#B5AE87 is a yellow with RGB values 181, 174, 135 and HSL 51°, 24%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#B5AE87#B5AE87

HEX#B5AE87

RGBrgb(181, 174, 135)

RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.6824, 0.5294

RGB percentages71%, 68.2%, 52.9%

HSLhsl(50.9, 23.7%, 62%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.9, 25.4%, 71%)

CMYK0%, 3.9%, 25.4%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,906,695

CSS custom property--colour: #B5AE87;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41845WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness172.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.37:1

Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD

Inverted#4A5178

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B6AB85no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#B8AE88no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#BCA8A3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 10.4 Burlywood · ΔE 15.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.2 Wheat · ΔE 19.6 Dark seagreen · ΔE 20.3 Dark grey · ΔE 21.4

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 10.39, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#878EB5

Analogous#B59787, #A5B587

Triadic#87B5AE, #AE87B5

Split complementary#87A5B5, #9787B5

Tetradic#87B597, #878EB5, #B587A5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EFEEE6

Lighter +20%#DCD9C6

Lighter +10%#C8C3A7

Darker −10%#A29967

Darker −20%#847D52

Darker −30%#655F3E

Darker −40%#45412B

More saturated +25%#CDBF6F

Less saturated −25%#9E9E9E

Channel breakdown

R181

G174

B135

Red181 (71%)

Green174 (68.2%)

Blue135 (52.9%)

Hue50.87°

Saturation (HSL)23.71%

Lightness61.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B5 · G AE · B 87

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#B5AE87

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else