Recognised as Colour

#B69B1A

#B69B1A
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#B69B1A is a yellow with RGB values 182, 155, 26 and HSL 50°, 75%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#B69B1A

RGBrgb(182, 155, 26)

RGB (0–1)0.7137, 0.6078, 0.102

RGB percentages71.4%, 60.8%, 10.2%

HSLhsl(49.6, 75%, 40.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.6, 85.7%, 71.4%)

CMYK0%, 14.8%, 85.7%, 28.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,967,258

CSS custom property--colour: #B69B1A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33462WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness155.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.69:1

Contrast with white2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#979797

Inverted#4964E5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AC9800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#B3A025no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Tritanopia#C58E84no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 13.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 13.5 Olive · ΔE 18 Dark khaki · ΔE 26.7 Peru · ΔE 28.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 31.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 13.23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1A35B6

Analogous#B64D1A, #83B61A

Triadic#1AB69B, #9B1AB6

Split complementary#1A83B6, #4D1AB6

Tetradic#1AB64D, #1A35B6, #B61A83

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3E6A9

Lighter +30%#ECD97D

Lighter +20%#E6CC50

Lighter +10%#E0BF23

Darker −10%#897514

Darker −20%#5D4F0D

Darker −30%#302907

Darker −40%#030300

More saturated +25%#D0AC00

Less saturated −25%#9C8A34

Channel breakdown

R182

G155

B26

Red182 (71.4%)

Green155 (60.8%)

Blue26 (10.2%)

Hue49.62°

Saturation (HSL)75%

Lightness40.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B6 · G 9B · B 1A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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