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Recognised as Colour

#BAA320

  • #BAA320
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Goldenrod

#BAA320 is a yellow with RGB values 186, 163, 32 and HSL 51°, 71%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#BAA320#BAA320
HEX#BAA320
RGBrgb(186, 163, 32)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.6392, 0.1255
RGB percentages72.9%, 63.9%, 12.5%
HSLhsl(51, 70.6%, 42.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51, 82.8%, 72.9%)
CMYK0%, 12.4%, 82.8%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,231,456
CSS custom property--colour: #BAA320;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36738WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.35:1
Contrast with white2.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#455CDF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B49F00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#BAA72Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Tritanopia#C9968Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.52:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 14.3Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.5Olive · ΔE 19Dark khaki · ΔE 26.2Gold · ΔE 30.3Olivedrab · ΔE 30.5
Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 14.29, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2037BA
Analogous#BA5620, #84BA20
Triadic#20BAA3, #A320BA
Split complementary#2084BA, #5620BA
Tetradic#20BA56, #2037BA, #BA2084

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2E9B4
Lighter +30%#EBDC88
Lighter +20%#E3CF5D
Lighter +10%#DCC231
Darker −10%#8E7D19
Darker −20%#635711
Darker −30%#37310A
Darker −40%#0C0A02
More saturated +25%#D5B605
Less saturated −25%#9F903B

Channel breakdown

R186
G163
B32
Red186 (72.9%)
Green163 (63.9%)
Blue32 (12.5%)
Hue51.04°
Saturation (HSL)70.64%
Lightness42.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BA · G A3 · B 20

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