Recognised as Colour

#B6AD8C

#B6AD8C
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#B6AD8C is a yellow with RGB values 182, 173, 140 and HSL 47°, 22%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#B6AD8C#B6AD8C

HEX#B6AD8C

RGBrgb(182, 173, 140)

RGB (0–1)0.7137, 0.6784, 0.549

RGB percentages71.4%, 67.8%, 54.9%

HSLhsl(47.1, 22.3%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.1, 23.1%, 71.4%)

CMYK0%, 4.9%, 23.1%, 28.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,971,980

CSS custom property--colour: #B6AD8C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41726WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness172.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.35:1

Contrast with white2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD

Inverted#495273

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B4AB8Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#B7AE8Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#BDA8A4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 10.5 Burlywood · ΔE 16.3 Dark grey · ΔE 18.3 Silver · ΔE 19.6 Wheat · ΔE 19.9 Peach puff · ΔE 21.5

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 10.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8C95B6

Analogous#B6988C, #AAB68C

Triadic#8CB6AD, #AD8CB6

Split complementary#8CAAB6, #988CB6

Tetradic#8CB698, #8C95B6, #B68CAA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F1F0EA

Lighter +20%#DED9CA

Lighter +10%#CAC3AB

Darker −10%#A2976D

Darker −20%#877C55

Darker −30%#675F42

Darker −40%#48432E

More saturated +25%#CEBA75

Less saturated −25%#A1A1A1

Channel breakdown

R182

G173

B140

Red182 (71.4%)

Green173 (67.8%)

Blue140 (54.9%)

Hue47.14°

Saturation (HSL)22.34%

Lightness63.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B6 · G AD · B 8C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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