Colour

#B8A63B

#B8A63B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#B8A63B is a yellow with RGB values 184, 166, 59 and HSL 51°, 51%, 48%. 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#B8A63B

RGBrgb(184, 166, 59)

RGB (0–1)0.7216, 0.651, 0.2314

RGB percentages72.2%, 65.1%, 23.1%

HSLhsl(51.4, 51.4%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.4, 67.9%, 72.2%)

CMYK0%, 9.8%, 67.9%, 27.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,101,179

CSS custom property--colour: #B8A63B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37779WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness163.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.56:1

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

Contrast with black8.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2

Inverted#4759C4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B6A22Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#BBA841no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Tritanopia#C69A90no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.6 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 text8.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 17.4 Olive · ΔE 17.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 19.8 Khaki · ΔE 25 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 17.36, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3B4DB8

Analogous#B8683B, #8BB83B

Triadic#3BB8A6, #A63BB8

Split complementary#3B8BB8, #673BB8

Tetradic#3BB868, #3B4DB8, #B83B8B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F0EBCF

Lighter +30%#E3DBA9

Lighter +20%#D7CB82

Lighter +10%#CBBB5B

Darker −10%#91832F

Darker −20%#6B6022

Darker −30%#443D16

Darker −40%#1E1B09

More saturated +25%#D6BC1D

Less saturated −25%#9A9059

Channel breakdown

R184

G166

B59

Red184 (72.2%)

Green166 (65.1%)

Blue59 (23.1%)

Hue51.36°

Saturation (HSL)51.44%

Lightness47.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B8 · G A6 · B 3B

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Colour values

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