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Recognised as Colour

#BAA72B

  • #BAA72B
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Goldenrod

#BAA72B is a yellow with RGB values 186, 167, 43 and HSL 52°, 62%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#BAA72B#BAA72B
HEX#BAA72B
RGBrgb(186, 167, 43)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.6549, 0.1686
RGB percentages72.9%, 65.5%, 16.9%
HSLhsl(52, 62.4%, 44.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52, 76.9%, 72.9%)
CMYK0%, 10.2%, 76.9%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,232,491
CSS custom property--colour: #BAA72B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38251WCAG 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 8.65:1
Contrast with white2.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#4558D4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8A20Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDA934no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Tritanopia#C99A90no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 16.5Olive · ΔE 18.4Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18.5Dark khaki · ΔE 23.4Khaki · ΔE 28Olivedrab · ΔE 28.6
Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 16.5, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2B3EBA
Analogous#BA602B, #85BA2B
Triadic#2BBAA7, #A72BBA
Split complementary#2B85BA, #602BBA
Tetradic#2BBA60, #2B3EBA, #BA2B85

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1EAC0
Lighter +30%#E7DC97
Lighter +20%#DDCF6E
Lighter +10%#D4C144
Darker −10%#918221
Darker −20%#675D18
Darker −30%#3E370E
Darker −40%#141205
More saturated +25%#D7BC0E
Less saturated −25%#9D9248

Channel breakdown

R186
G167
B43
Red186 (72.9%)
Green167 (65.5%)
Blue43 (16.9%)
Hue52.03°
Saturation (HSL)62.45%
Lightness44.9%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BA · G A7 · B 2B

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