Colour

#BCA930

#BCA930
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Goldenrod

#BCA930 is a yellow with RGB values 188, 169, 48 and HSL 52°, 59%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#BCA930

RGBrgb(188, 169, 48)

RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.6627, 0.1882

RGB percentages73.7%, 66.3%, 18.8%

HSLhsl(51.9, 59.3%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.9, 74.5%, 73.7%)

CMYK0%, 10.1%, 74.5%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,364,080

CSS custom property--colour: #BCA930;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39281WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness166.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.86:1

Contrast with white2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4

Inverted#4356CF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BAA41Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#BFAB38no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#CB9C92no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 16.8 Olive · ΔE 18.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.3 Khaki · ΔE 26.8 Olivedrab · ΔE 28.6

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 16.8, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3043BC

Analogous#BC6330, #89BC30

Triadic#30BCA9, #A930BC

Split complementary#3089BC, #6330BC

Tetradic#30BC63, #3043BC, #BC3089

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1EBC7

Lighter +30%#E6DD9F

Lighter +20%#DCCE76

Lighter +10%#D2C04D

Darker −10%#938426

Darker −20%#6B601B

Darker −30%#423B11

Darker −40%#191707

More saturated +25%#D9BE13

Less saturated −25%#9F944E

Channel breakdown

R188

G169

B48

Red188 (73.7%)

Green169 (66.3%)

Blue48 (18.8%)

Hue51.86°

Saturation (HSL)59.32%

Lightness46.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BC · G A9 · B 30

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Colour values

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