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Recognised as Colour

#BAA82A

  • #BAA82A
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Goldenrod

#BAA82A is a yellow with RGB values 186, 168, 42 and HSL 53°, 63%, 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

#BAA82A#BAA82A
HEX#BAA82A
RGBrgb(186, 168, 42)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.6588, 0.1647
RGB percentages72.9%, 65.9%, 16.5%
HSLhsl(52.5, 63.2%, 44.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.5, 77.4%, 72.9%)
CMYK0%, 9.7%, 77.4%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,232,746
CSS custom property--colour: #BAA82A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38612WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.72:1
Contrast with white2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#4557D5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8A30Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEAA33no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Tritanopia#C99B90no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 16.7Olive · ΔE 18.6Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.1Dark khaki · ΔE 23.8Khaki · ΔE 28.1Olivedrab · ΔE 28.5
Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 16.75, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2A3CBA
Analogous#BA602A, #84BA2A
Triadic#2ABAA8, #A82ABA
Split complementary#2A84BA, #602ABA
Tetradic#2ABA60, #2A3CBA, #BA2A84

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1EABF
Lighter +30%#E7DD96
Lighter +20%#DED06C
Lighter +10%#D4C243
Darker −10%#908221
Darker −20%#675D17
Darker −30%#3D370E
Darker −40%#141204
More saturated +25%#D6BD0D
Less saturated −25%#9E9346

Channel breakdown

R186
G168
B42
Red186 (72.9%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue42 (16.5%)
Hue52.5°
Saturation (HSL)63.16%
Lightness44.71%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BA · G A8 · B 2A

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