Colour

#BAA51C

#BAA51C
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Goldenrod

#BAA51C is a yellow with RGB values 186, 165, 28 and HSL 52°, 74%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#BAA51C#BAA51C

HEX#BAA51C

RGBrgb(186, 165, 28)

RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.6471, 0.1098

RGB percentages72.9%, 64.7%, 11%

HSLhsl(52, 73.8%, 42%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52, 84.9%, 72.9%)

CMYK0%, 11.3%, 84.9%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,231,964

CSS custom property--colour: #BAA51C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37433WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness162.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.49:1

Contrast with white2.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0

Inverted#455AE3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B6A000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#BCA828no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Tritanopia#C9988Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 14.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18 Olive · ΔE 19.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 27.3 Gold · ΔE 29 Olivedrab · ΔE 30.6

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 14.88, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1C31BA

Analogous#BA561C, #80BA1C

Triadic#1CBAA5, #A51CBA

Split complementary#1C80BA, #561CBA

Tetradic#1CBA56, #1C31BA, #BA1C80

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3EAAF

Lighter +30%#ECDE83

Lighter +20%#E6D356

Lighter +10%#DFC72A

Darker −10%#8E7E15

Darker −20%#61560F

Darker −30%#352F08

Darker −40%#090801

More saturated +25%#D5B901

Less saturated −25%#9F9137

Channel breakdown

R186

G165

B28

Red186 (72.9%)

Green165 (64.7%)

Blue28 (11%)

Hue52.03°

Saturation (HSL)73.83%

Lightness41.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BA · G A5 · B 1C

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Colour values

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