Colour

#BCA730

#BCA730
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Goldenrod

#BCA730 is a yellow with RGB values 188, 167, 48 and HSL 51°, 59%, 46%. 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

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HEX#BCA730

RGBrgb(188, 167, 48)

RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.6549, 0.1882

RGB percentages73.7%, 65.5%, 18.8%

HSLhsl(51, 59.3%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51, 74.5%, 73.7%)

CMYK0%, 11.2%, 74.5%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,363,568

CSS custom property--colour: #BCA730;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38542WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness164.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.71:1

Contrast with white2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3

Inverted#4358CF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B8A31Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#BDAA38no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Tritanopia#CB9A90no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.9 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 text8.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 16.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.8 Olive · ΔE 18.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 22 Khaki · ΔE 27.1 Olivedrab · ΔE 28.9

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 16.2, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3045BC

Analogous#BC6130, #8BBC30

Triadic#30BCA7, #A730BC

Split complementary#308BBC, #6130BC

Tetradic#30BC61, #3045BC, #BC308B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1EBC7

Lighter +30%#E6DC9F

Lighter +20%#DCCD76

Lighter +10%#D2BE4D

Darker −10%#938326

Darker −20%#6B5F1B

Darker −30%#423B11

Darker −40%#191707

More saturated +25%#D9BC13

Less saturated −25%#9F924E

Channel breakdown

R188

G167

B48

Red188 (73.7%)

Green167 (65.5%)

Blue48 (18.8%)

Hue51°

Saturation (HSL)59.32%

Lightness46.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BC · G A7 · B 30

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Colour values

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