Recognised as Colour

#B7A535

#B7A535
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#B7A535 is a yellow with RGB values 183, 165, 53 and HSL 52°, 55%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#B7A535#B7A535

HEX#B7A535

RGBrgb(183, 165, 53)

RGB (0–1)0.7176, 0.6471, 0.2078

RGB percentages71.8%, 64.7%, 20.8%

HSLhsl(51.7, 55.1%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 71%, 71.8%)

CMYK0%, 9.8%, 71%, 28.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,035,381

CSS custom property--colour: #B7A535;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37235WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness162.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.45:1

Contrast with white2.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1

Inverted#485ACA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B5A024no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#BAA73Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#C5998Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 17 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 18.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.3 Khaki · ΔE 26.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.7

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 17.04, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3547B7

Analogous#B76435, #88B735

Triadic#35B7A5, #A535B7

Split complementary#3588B7, #6435B7

Tetradic#35B764, #3547B7, #B73588

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFEAC9

Lighter +30%#E4DBA1

Lighter +20%#D8CB7A

Lighter +10%#CDBC52

Darker −10%#8F812A

Darker −20%#685E1E

Darker −30%#403A13

Darker −40%#191607

More saturated +25%#D4BA18

Less saturated −25%#999052

Channel breakdown

R183

G165

B53

Red183 (71.8%)

Green165 (64.7%)

Blue53 (20.8%)

Hue51.69°

Saturation (HSL)55.08%

Lightness46.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B7 · G A5 · B 35

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