Recognised as Colour

#B8A52A

#B8A52A
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Goldenrod

#B8A52A is a yellow with RGB values 184, 165, 42 and HSL 52°, 63%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#B8A52A

RGBrgb(184, 165, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.7216, 0.6471, 0.1647

RGB percentages72.2%, 64.7%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(52, 62.8%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52, 77.2%, 72.2%)

CMYK0%, 10.3%, 77.2%, 27.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,100,906

CSS custom property--colour: #B8A52A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37268WCAG 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 white2.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

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

Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0

Inverted#475AD5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B5A00Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#BBA733no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Tritanopia#C7988Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.48:1WCAG large text: Fail

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

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 16.7 Olive · ΔE 17.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 28.2 Khaki · ΔE 28.4

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 16.68, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2A3DB8

Analogous#B85E2A, #84B82A

Triadic#2AB8A5, #A52AB8

Split complementary#2A84B8, #5E2AB8

Tetradic#2AB85E, #2A3DB8, #B82A84

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F0E9BE

Lighter +30%#E7DC94

Lighter +20%#DDCE6B

Lighter +10%#D4C041

Darker −10%#8E8021

Darker −20%#655B17

Darker −30%#3B350E

Darker −40%#121004

More saturated +25%#D4BA0E

Less saturated −25%#9C9046

Channel breakdown

R184

G165

B42

Red184 (72.2%)

Green165 (64.7%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue51.97°

Saturation (HSL)62.83%

Lightness44.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B8 · G A5 · B 2A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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