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Recognised as Colour

#B8A545

  • #B8A545
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#B8A545 is a yellow with RGB values 184, 165, 69 and HSL 50°, 45%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#B8A545#B8A545
HEX#B8A545
RGBrgb(184, 165, 69)
RGB (0–1)0.7216, 0.6471, 0.2706
RGB percentages72.2%, 64.7%, 27.1%
HSLhsl(50.1, 45.5%, 49.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.1, 62.5%, 72.2%)
CMYK0%, 10.3%, 62.5%, 27.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,100,933
CSS custom property--colour: #B8A545;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3753WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.51:1
Contrast with white2.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#475ABA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4A13Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9A84Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Tritanopia#C69A90no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.47:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 13.6Olive · ΔE 18.7Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.6Goldenrod · ΔE 22.4Khaki · ΔE 23.8Burlywood · ΔE 25.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 13.59, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4558B8
Analogous#B86B45, #92B845
Triadic#45B8A5, #A545B8
Split complementary#4592B8, #6B45B8
Tetradic#45B86C, #4558B8, #B84592

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1EDD8
Lighter +30%#E3DBB3
Lighter +20%#D5C98E
Lighter +10%#C7B769
Darker −10%#938437
Darker −20%#6E6229
Darker −30%#49411B
Darker −40%#24200D
More saturated +25%#D8BA25
Less saturated −25%#989065

Channel breakdown

R184
G165
B69
Red184 (72.2%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue69 (27.1%)
Hue50.09°
Saturation (HSL)45.45%
Lightness49.61%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B8 · G A5 · B 45

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