Colour

#BAA63C

#BAA63C
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#BAA63C is a yellow with RGB values 186, 166, 60 and HSL 50°, 51%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#BAA63C

RGBrgb(186, 166, 60)

RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.651, 0.2353

RGB percentages72.9%, 65.1%, 23.5%

HSLhsl(50.5, 51.2%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.5, 67.7%, 72.9%)

CMYK0%, 10.8%, 67.7%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,232,252

CSS custom property--colour: #BAA63C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38038WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness164.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.61:1

Contrast with white2.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3

Inverted#4559C3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B6A22Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#BBA942no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#C89A90no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 17.3 Olive · ΔE 18.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 19.2 Khaki · ΔE 24.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 27.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 17.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3C50BA

Analogous#BA673C, #8FBA3C

Triadic#3CBAA6, #A63CBA

Split complementary#3C8FBA, #673CBA

Tetradic#3CBA67, #3C50BA, #BA3C8F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F0EBD2

Lighter +30%#E4DBAB

Lighter +20%#D7CA85

Lighter +10%#CBBA5E

Darker −10%#938430

Darker −20%#6D6123

Darker −30%#463F17

Darker −40%#201C0A

More saturated +25%#D9BB1D

Less saturated −25%#9B915B

Channel breakdown

R186

G166

B60

Red186 (72.9%)

Green166 (65.1%)

Blue60 (23.5%)

Hue50.48°

Saturation (HSL)51.22%

Lightness48.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BA · G A6 · B 3C

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Colour values

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