Recognised as Colour

#BAA62E

#BAA62E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Goldenrod

#BAA62E is a yellow with RGB values 186, 166, 46 and HSL 51°, 60%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#BAA62E

RGBrgb(186, 166, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.651, 0.1804

RGB percentages72.9%, 65.1%, 18%

HSLhsl(51.4, 60.3%, 45.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.4, 75.3%, 72.9%)

CMYK0%, 10.8%, 75.3%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,232,238

CSS custom property--colour: #BAA62E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37909WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness163.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.58:1

Contrast with white2.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2

Inverted#4559D1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B6A117no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#BCA936no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#C9998Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 16.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.9 Olive · ΔE 18.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.3 Khaki · ΔE 27.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 28.4

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 16.54, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2E42BA

Analogous#BA602E, #88BA2E

Triadic#2EBAA6, #A62EBA

Split complementary#2E88BA, #602EBA

Tetradic#2EBA60, #2E42BA, #BA2E88

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F0EAC4

Lighter +30%#E6DB9B

Lighter +20%#DCCD72

Lighter +10%#D2BE49

Darker −10%#918224

Darker −20%#685D1A

Darker −30%#3F3910

Darker −40%#161406

More saturated +25%#D7BB11

Less saturated −25%#9D914B

Channel breakdown

R186

G166

B46

Red186 (72.9%)

Green166 (65.1%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue51.43°

Saturation (HSL)60.34%

Lightness45.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BA · G A6 · B 2E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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