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Recognised as Colour

#B6A44E

  • #B6A44E
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#B6A44E is a yellow with RGB values 182, 164, 78 and HSL 50°, 42%, 51%. 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

#B6A44E#B6A44E
HEX#B6A44E
RGBrgb(182, 164, 78)
RGB (0–1)0.7137, 0.6431, 0.3059
RGB percentages71.4%, 64.3%, 30.6%
HSLhsl(49.6, 41.6%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.6, 57.1%, 71.4%)
CMYK0%, 9.9%, 57.1%, 28.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,969,614
CSS custom property--colour: #B6A44E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37046WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.41:1
Contrast with white2.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#495BB1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2A046no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7A752no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#C39991no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.7 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 text8.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 10.2Olive · ΔE 20.5Burlywood · ΔE 22.1Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.2Khaki · ΔE 23.5Tan · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 10.24, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4E60B6
Analogous#B6704E, #94B64E
Triadic#4EB6A4, #A44EB6
Split complementary#4E94B6, #704EB6
Tetradic#4EB670, #4E60B6, #B64E94

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2EEDE
Lighter +30%#E3DCBA
Lighter +20%#D4C996
Lighter +10%#C5B772
Darker −10%#94853D
Darker −20%#70642E
Darker −30%#4C441F
Darker −40%#282410
More saturated +25%#D5B82F
Less saturated −25%#97906D

Channel breakdown

R182
G164
B78
Red182 (71.4%)
Green164 (64.3%)
Blue78 (30.6%)
Hue49.62°
Saturation (HSL)41.6%
Lightness50.98%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B6 · G A4 · B 4E

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