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Recognised as Colour

#BCA82E

  • #BCA82E
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Goldenrod

#BCA82E is a yellow with RGB values 188, 168, 46 and HSL 52°, 61%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#BCA82E#BCA82E
HEX#BCA82E
RGBrgb(188, 168, 46)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.6588, 0.1804
RGB percentages73.7%, 65.9%, 18%
HSLhsl(51.5, 60.7%, 45.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.5, 75.5%, 73.7%)
CMYK0%, 10.6%, 75.5%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,363,822
CSS custom property--colour: #BCA82E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38894WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.78:1
Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#4357D1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9A316no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEAB36no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Tritanopia#CB9B91no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 16.2Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18.3Olive · ΔE 18.9Dark khaki · ΔE 22.8Khaki · ΔE 27.4Olivedrab · ΔE 28.9
Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 16.24, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2E42BC
Analogous#BC612E, #89BC2E
Triadic#2EBCA8, #A82EBC
Split complementary#2E89BC, #612EBC
Tetradic#2EBC61, #2E42BC, #BC2E89

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1EBC5
Lighter +30%#E7DC9C
Lighter +20%#DDCE73
Lighter +10%#D3C04A
Darker −10%#938324
Darker −20%#6A5F1A
Darker −30%#413A10
Darker −40%#181606
More saturated +25%#D9BD11
Less saturated −25%#9F934B

Channel breakdown

R188
G168
B46
Red188 (73.7%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue46 (18%)
Hue51.55°
Saturation (HSL)60.68%
Lightness45.88%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BC · G A8 · B 2E

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