Colour

#B7A651

#B7A651
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#B7A651 is a yellow with RGB values 183, 166, 81 and HSL 50°, 41%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#B7A651

RGBrgb(183, 166, 81)

RGB (0–1)0.7176, 0.651, 0.3176

RGB percentages71.8%, 65.1%, 31.8%

HSLhsl(50, 41.5%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50, 55.7%, 71.8%)

CMYK0%, 9.3%, 55.7%, 28.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,035,665

CSS custom property--colour: #B7A651;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37934WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness164.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.59:1

Contrast with white2.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3

Inverted#4859AE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B4A249no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#B9A855no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#C49B93no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 9.2 Olive · ΔE 21.2 Burlywood · ΔE 21.5 Khaki · ΔE 22.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 24.2 Tan · ΔE 24.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 9.23, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5162B7

Analogous#B77351, #95B751

Triadic#51B7A6, #A651B7

Split complementary#5195B7, #7351B7

Tetradic#51B773, #5162B7, #B75195

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3F0E1

Lighter +30%#E4DDBD

Lighter +20%#D5CB99

Lighter +10%#C6B875

Darker −10%#97883E

Darker −20%#73672F

Darker −30%#4F4720

Darker −40%#2A2612

More saturated +25%#D6BB32

Less saturated −25%#989270

Channel breakdown

R183

G166

B81

Red183 (71.8%)

Green166 (65.1%)

Blue81 (31.8%)

Hue50°

Saturation (HSL)41.46%

Lightness51.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B7 · G A6 · B 51

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Colour values

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