Colour

#B6A548

#B6A548
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#B6A548 is a yellow with RGB values 182, 165, 72 and HSL 51°, 43%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#B6A548

RGBrgb(182, 165, 72)

RGB (0–1)0.7137, 0.6471, 0.2824

RGB percentages71.4%, 64.7%, 28.2%

HSLhsl(50.7, 43.3%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.7, 60.4%, 71.4%)

CMYK0%, 9.3%, 60.4%, 28.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,969,864

CSS custom property--colour: #B6A548;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37323WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness162.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.46:1

Contrast with white2.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2

Inverted#495AB7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B4A13Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#B8A74Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#C39A91no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.48:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 12.1 Olive · ΔE 18.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.9 Khaki · ΔE 23.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.1 Burlywood · ΔE 24.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 12.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4859B6

Analogous#B66E48, #90B648

Triadic#48B6A5, #A548B6

Split complementary#4890B6, #6E48B6

Tetradic#48B66E, #4859B6, #B64890

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F0EDDA

Lighter +30%#E2DBB5

Lighter +20%#D3C991

Lighter +10%#C5B76C

Darker −10%#91843A

Darker −20%#6D632B

Darker −30%#48421D

Darker −40%#24200E

More saturated +25%#D6BB28

Less saturated −25%#968F68

Channel breakdown

R182

G165

B72

Red182 (71.4%)

Green165 (64.7%)

Blue72 (28.2%)

Hue50.73°

Saturation (HSL)43.31%

Lightness49.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B6 · G A5 · B 48

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Colour values

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