Colour

#B9A339

#B9A339
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark goldenrod

#B9A339 is a yellow with RGB values 185, 163, 57 and HSL 50°, 53%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.

Colour values

#B9A339#B9A339

HEX#B9A339

RGBrgb(185, 163, 57)

RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.6392, 0.2235

RGB percentages72.5%, 63.9%, 22.4%

HSLhsl(49.7, 52.9%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.7, 69.2%, 72.5%)

CMYK0%, 11.9%, 69.2%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,165,945

CSS custom property--colour: #B9A339;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36804WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness161.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.36:1

Contrast with white2.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0

Inverted#465CC6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B39F2Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#B9A73Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Tritanopia#C7978Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.4 Olive · ΔE 17.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 18.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 18.5 Khaki · ΔE 26 Peru · ΔE 27

Nearest named CSS colourDark goldenrod (#B8860B)ΔE 17.43, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#394FB9

Analogous#B96339, #8FB939

Triadic#39B9A3, #A339B9

Split complementary#398FB9, #6339B9

Tetradic#39B963, #394FB9, #B9398F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F0EACE

Lighter +30%#E4D9A7

Lighter +20%#D8C980

Lighter +10%#CCB859

Darker −10%#92812D

Darker −20%#6B5E21

Darker −30%#443C15

Darker −40%#1D1A09

More saturated +25%#D7B71B

Less saturated −25%#9B8F57

Channel breakdown

R185

G163

B57

Red185 (72.5%)

Green163 (63.9%)

Blue57 (22.4%)

Hue49.69°

Saturation (HSL)52.89%

Lightness47.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B9 · G A3 · B 39

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#B9A339

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else