Colour

#BAA72C

#BAA72C
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Goldenrod

#BAA72C is a yellow with RGB values 186, 167, 44 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

#BAA72C#BAA72C

HEX#BAA72C

RGBrgb(186, 167, 44)

RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.6549, 0.1725

RGB percentages72.9%, 65.5%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(52, 61.7%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52, 76.3%, 72.9%)

CMYK0%, 10.2%, 76.3%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,232,492

CSS custom property--colour: #BAA72C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38258WCAG 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#4558D3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B7A212no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#BDA935no 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 54.4 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 16.6 Olive · ΔE 18.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 23 Khaki · ΔE 27.8 Olivedrab · ΔE 28.5

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 16.6, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2C3FBA

Analogous#BA602C, #86BA2C

Triadic#2CBAA7, #A72CBA

Split complementary#2C86BA, #602CBA

Tetradic#2CBA60, #2C3FBA, #BA2C86

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F0EAC2

Lighter +30%#E7DC98

Lighter +20%#DDCE6F

Lighter +10%#D3C046

Darker −10%#918222

Darker −20%#685D18

Darker −30%#3E380F

Darker −40%#151305

More saturated +25%#D7BC0F

Less saturated −25%#9D9249

Channel breakdown

R186

G167

B44

Red186 (72.9%)

Green167 (65.5%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue51.97°

Saturation (HSL)61.74%

Lightness45.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BA · G A7 · B 2C

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