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Recognised as Colour

#B6A44B

  • #B6A44B
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#B6A44B is a yellow with RGB values 182, 164, 75 and HSL 50°, 42%, 50%. 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

#B6A44B#B6A44B
HEX#B6A44B
RGBrgb(182, 164, 75)
RGB (0–1)0.7137, 0.6431, 0.2941
RGB percentages71.4%, 64.3%, 29.4%
HSLhsl(49.9, 42.3%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.9, 58.8%, 71.4%)
CMYK0%, 9.9%, 58.8%, 28.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,969,611
CSS custom property--colour: #B6A44B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37004WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.4:1
Contrast with white2.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#495BB4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2A042no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7A74Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#C39990no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.5 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 text8.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 11.2Olive · ΔE 19.7Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.4Burlywood · ΔE 23.3Khaki · ΔE 23.6Goldenrod · ΔE 25.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 11.17, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4B5DB6
Analogous#B66F4B, #93B64B
Triadic#4BB6A4, #A44BB6
Split complementary#4B92B6, #6F4BB6
Tetradic#4BB66F, #4B5DB6, #B64B92

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1EDDC
Lighter +30%#E2DBB8
Lighter +20%#D3C994
Lighter +10%#C5B66F
Darker −10%#93843B
Darker −20%#6E632D
Darker −30%#4A431E
Darker −40%#26220F
More saturated +25%#D6B92B
Less saturated −25%#968F6B

Channel breakdown

R182
G164
B75
Red182 (71.4%)
Green164 (64.3%)
Blue75 (29.4%)
Hue49.91°
Saturation (HSL)42.29%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B6 · G A4 · B 4B

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