Recognised as Colour

#BAA41D

#BAA41D
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Goldenrod

#BAA41D is a yellow with RGB values 186, 164, 29 and HSL 52°, 73%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#BAA41D#BAA41D

HEX#BAA41D

RGBrgb(186, 164, 29)

RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.6431, 0.1137

RGB percentages72.9%, 64.3%, 11.4%

HSLhsl(51.6, 73%, 42.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 84.4%, 72.9%)

CMYK0%, 11.8%, 84.4%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,231,709

CSS custom property--colour: #BAA41D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37079WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness162 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.42:1

Contrast with white2.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F

Inverted#455BE2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B5A000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#BBA729no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Tritanopia#C9978Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 14.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.3 Olive · ΔE 19.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 27 Gold · ΔE 29.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 30.6

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 14.52, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1D33BA

Analogous#BA551D, #81BA1D

Triadic#1DBAA4, #A41DBA

Split complementary#1D81BA, #551DBA

Tetradic#1DBA56, #1D33BA, #BA1D82

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3E9B0

Lighter +30%#ECDD84

Lighter +20%#E5D158

Lighter +10%#DEC52C

Darker −10%#8E7D16

Darker −20%#62560F

Darker −30%#362F08

Darker −40%#0A0801

More saturated +25%#D5B702

Less saturated −25%#9F9138

Channel breakdown

R186

G164

B29

Red186 (72.9%)

Green164 (64.3%)

Blue29 (11.4%)

Hue51.59°

Saturation (HSL)73.02%

Lightness42.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BA · G A4 · B 1D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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