Recognised as Colour

#B9C085

#B9C085
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#B9C085 is a yellow with RGB values 185, 192, 133 and HSL 67°, 32%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#B9C085

RGBrgb(185, 192, 133)

RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.7529, 0.5216

RGB percentages72.5%, 75.3%, 52.2%

HSLhsl(67.1, 31.9%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(67.1, 30.7%, 75.3%)

CMYK3.6%, 0%, 30.7%, 24.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,173,445

CSS custom property--colour: #B9C085;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49707WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness184.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.94:1

Contrast with white1.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BABABA

Inverted#463F7A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C8BA81no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#C8BC87no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original

Tritanopia#C0B9B1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.92:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 11.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 16.1 Dark seagreen · ΔE 16.6 Tan · ΔE 17.6 Burlywood · ΔE 19.1 Wheat · ΔE 19.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 11.06, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8C85C0

Analogous#C0A985, #9BC085

Triadic#85B9C0, #C085B9

Split complementary#859BC0, #A985C0

Tetradic#85C0A9, #8C85C0, #C0859B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F3F4EA

Lighter +20%#E0E3C8

Lighter +10%#CCD1A7

Darker −10%#A6AF63

Darker −20%#8B934C

Darker −30%#6B713B

Darker −40%#4B5029

More saturated +25%#CBD76E

Less saturated −25%#A7A99C

Channel breakdown

R185

G192

B133

Red185 (72.5%)

Green192 (75.3%)

Blue133 (52.2%)

Hue67.12°

Saturation (HSL)31.89%

Lightness63.73%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR B9 · G C0 · B 85

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Colour values

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