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Recognised as Colour

#B7B4A6

  • #B7B4A6
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#B7B4A6 is a yellow with RGB values 183, 180, 166 and HSL 49°, 11%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#B7B4A6#B7B4A6
HEX#B7B4A6
RGBrgb(183, 180, 166)
RGB (0–1)0.7176, 0.7059, 0.651
RGB percentages71.8%, 70.6%, 65.1%
HSLhsl(49.4, 10.6%, 68.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.4, 9.3%, 71.8%)
CMYK0%, 1.6%, 9.3%, 28.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,039,334
CSS custom property--colour: #B7B4A6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45463WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.09:1
Contrast with white2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#484B59

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7B3A5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8B4A6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#BAB2B0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 8.6Silver · ΔE 8.9Light grey · ΔE 13.7Gainsboro · ΔE 16.5Tan · ΔE 18.2Rosy brown · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 8.61, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A6A9B7
Analogous#B7ACA6, #B2B7A6
Triadic#A6B7B4, #B4A6B7
Split complementary#A6B1B7, #ACA6B7
Tetradic#A6B7AC, #A6A9B7, #B7A6B1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBFBFB
Lighter +20%#E5E4DE
Lighter +10%#CECCC2
Darker −10%#A09C8A
Darker −20%#89846E
Darker −30%#6C6958
Darker −40%#504D41
More saturated +25%#CBC192
Less saturated −25%#AFAFAF

Channel breakdown

R183
G180
B166
Red183 (71.8%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue166 (65.1%)
Hue49.41°
Saturation (HSL)10.56%
Lightness68.43%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B7 · G B4 · B A6

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