Recognised as Colour

#BAA742

#BAA742
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#BAA742 is a yellow with RGB values 186, 167, 66 and HSL 51°, 48%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#BAA742

RGBrgb(186, 167, 66)

RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.6549, 0.2588

RGB percentages72.9%, 65.5%, 25.9%

HSLhsl(50.5, 47.6%, 49.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.5, 64.5%, 72.9%)

CMYK0%, 10.2%, 64.5%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,232,514

CSS custom property--colour: #BAA742;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3847WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness165 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.69:1

Contrast with white2.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4

Inverted#4558BD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B6A336no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#BCAA47no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#C89B92no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 15.1 Olive · ΔE 18.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.9 Khaki · ΔE 23.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 27.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 15.13, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4255BA

Analogous#BA6B42, #91BA42

Triadic#42BAA7, #A742BA

Split complementary#4291BA, #6B42BA

Tetradic#42BA6B, #4255BA, #BA4291

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1EDD7

Lighter +30%#E3DCB2

Lighter +20%#D6CA8C

Lighter +10%#C9B966

Darker −10%#948535

Darker −20%#6F6327

Darker −30%#49421A

Darker −40%#23200D

More saturated +25%#DABD23

Less saturated −25%#9B9162

Channel breakdown

R186

G167

B66

Red186 (72.9%)

Green167 (65.5%)

Blue66 (25.9%)

Hue50.5°

Saturation (HSL)47.62%

Lightness49.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BA · G A7 · B 42

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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