Recognised as Colour

#B5AF93

#B5AF93
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#B5AF93 is a yellow with RGB values 181, 175, 147 and HSL 49°, 19%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

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HEX#B5AF93

RGBrgb(181, 175, 147)

RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.6863, 0.5765

RGB percentages71%, 68.6%, 57.6%

HSLhsl(49.4, 18.7%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.4, 18.8%, 71%)

CMYK0%, 3.3%, 18.8%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,906,963

CSS custom property--colour: #B5AF93;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4259WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness173.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.52:1

Contrast with white2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE

Inverted#4A506C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B5AD91no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Deuteranopia#B7B094no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Tritanopia#BBABA7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 12.6 Dark grey · ΔE 15.5 Silver · ΔE 16.7 Burlywood · ΔE 18.6 Light grey · ΔE 20.3 Wheat · ΔE 20.5

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 12.56, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9399B5

Analogous#B59E93, #AAB593

Triadic#93B5AF, #AF93B5

Split complementary#93AAB5, #9E93B5

Tetradic#93B59E, #9399B5, #B593AA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F3F2EE

Lighter +20%#DEDCD0

Lighter +10%#CAC5B1

Darker −10%#A09975

Darker −20%#867F5C

Darker −30%#686247

Darker −40%#4A4532

More saturated +25%#CCBE7C

Less saturated −25%#A4A4A4

Channel breakdown

R181

G175

B147

Red181 (71%)

Green175 (68.6%)

Blue147 (57.6%)

Hue49.41°

Saturation (HSL)18.68%

Lightness64.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B5 · G AF · B 93

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