Recognised as Colour

#B7A84C

#B7A84C
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#B7A84C is a yellow with RGB values 183, 168, 76 and HSL 52°, 43%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#B7A84C

RGBrgb(183, 168, 76)

RGB (0–1)0.7176, 0.6588, 0.298

RGB percentages71.8%, 65.9%, 29.8%

HSLhsl(51.6, 42.6%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 58.5%, 71.8%)

CMYK0%, 8.2%, 58.5%, 28.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,036,172

CSS custom property--colour: #B7A84C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38594WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness165 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.72:1

Contrast with white2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5

Inverted#4857B3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B6A443no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#BBAA50no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#C49D94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 10.8 Olive · ΔE 19.7 Khaki · ΔE 22.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.4 Burlywood · ΔE 24.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 10.79, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4C5BB7

Analogous#B7724C, #91B74C

Triadic#4CB7A8, #A84CB7

Split complementary#4C91B7, #724CB7

Tetradic#4CB772, #4C5BB7, #B74C91

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2EFDD

Lighter +30%#E3DDB9

Lighter +20%#D4CB95

Lighter +10%#C6BA70

Darker −10%#94883C

Darker −20%#70672D

Darker −30%#4C451E

Darker −40%#272410

More saturated +25%#D6BF2D

Less saturated −25%#98916B

Channel breakdown

R183

G168

B76

Red183 (71.8%)

Green168 (65.9%)

Blue76 (29.8%)

Hue51.59°

Saturation (HSL)42.63%

Lightness50.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B7 · G A8 · B 4C

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Colour values

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