Recognised as Colour

#B9A765

#B9A765
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#B9A765 is a yellow with RGB values 185, 167, 101 and HSL 47°, 38%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#B9A765

RGBrgb(185, 167, 101)

RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.6549, 0.3961

RGB percentages72.5%, 65.5%, 39.6%

HSLhsl(47.1, 37.5%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.1, 45.4%, 72.5%)

CMYK0%, 9.7%, 45.4%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,167,013

CSS custom property--colour: #B9A765;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38891WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness166.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.78:1

Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6

Inverted#46589A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B4A460no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#B8AA67no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#C59E97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 8.3 Burlywood · ΔE 14.3 Tan · ΔE 15.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23.6 Navajo white · ΔE 24 Khaki · ΔE 24.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 8.28, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6577B9

Analogous#B97D65, #A1B965

Triadic#65B9A7, #A765B9

Split complementary#65A1B9, #7D65B9

Tetradic#65B97D, #6577B9, #B965A1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9F7F1

Lighter +30%#E9E3CE

Lighter +20%#D9CFAB

Lighter +10%#C9BB88

Darker −10%#A28F49

Darker −20%#7F703A

Darker −30%#5B512A

Darker −40%#38321A

More saturated +25%#D5B749

Less saturated −25%#9D9781

Channel breakdown

R185

G167

B101

Red185 (72.5%)

Green167 (65.5%)

Blue101 (39.6%)

Hue47.14°

Saturation (HSL)37.5%

Lightness56.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B9 · G A7 · B 65

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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