Colour

#B9A84D

#B9A84D
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#B9A84D is a yellow with RGB values 185, 168, 77 and HSL 51°, 44%, 51%. 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#B9A84D

RGBrgb(185, 168, 77)

RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.6588, 0.302

RGB percentages72.5%, 65.9%, 30.2%

HSLhsl(50.6, 43.5%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 58.4%, 72.5%)

CMYK0%, 9.2%, 58.4%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,167,245

CSS custom property--colour: #B9A84D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38855WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness165.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.77:1

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

Contrast with black8.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5

Inverted#4657B2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B7A444no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#BBAA51no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#C69D94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.4 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 text8.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 10.8 Olive · ΔE 20.2 Khaki · ΔE 22.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.9 Burlywood · ΔE 23.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 10.79, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4D5EB9

Analogous#B9724D, #94B94D

Triadic#4DB9A8, #A84DB9

Split complementary#4D94B9, #724DB9

Tetradic#4DB972, #4D5EB9, #B94D94

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3F0DF

Lighter +30%#E4DEBB

Lighter +20%#D6CC96

Lighter +10%#C7BA72

Darker −10%#97893C

Darker −20%#73682D

Darker −30%#4E471F

Darker −40%#2A2610

More saturated +25%#D8BD2E

Less saturated −25%#9A936C

Channel breakdown

R185

G168

B77

Red185 (72.5%)

Green168 (65.9%)

Blue77 (30.2%)

Hue50.56°

Saturation (HSL)43.55%

Lightness51.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B9 · G A8 · B 4D

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