Colour

#BCA942

#BCA942
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#BCA942 is a yellow with RGB values 188, 169, 66 and HSL 51°, 48%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#BCA942

RGBrgb(188, 169, 66)

RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.6627, 0.2588

RGB percentages73.7%, 66.3%, 25.9%

HSLhsl(50.7, 48%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.7, 64.9%, 73.7%)

CMYK0%, 10.1%, 64.9%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,364,098

CSS custom property--colour: #BCA942;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39461WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness166.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.89:1

Contrast with white2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6

Inverted#4356BD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B9A536no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#BEAC47no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#CA9D93no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 15.6 Olive · ΔE 19 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.4 Khaki · ΔE 23.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 27.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 15.62, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4255BC

Analogous#BC6C42, #92BC42

Triadic#42BCA9, #A942BC

Split complementary#4292BC, #6C42BC

Tetradic#42BC6C, #4255BC, #BC4292

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1EED9

Lighter +30%#E4DDB3

Lighter +20%#D7CB8D

Lighter +10%#CABA67

Darker −10%#968735

Darker −20%#716527

Darker −30%#4B431A

Darker −40%#25210D

More saturated +25%#DCBF22

Less saturated −25%#9C9362

Channel breakdown

R188

G169

B66

Red188 (73.7%)

Green169 (66.3%)

Blue66 (25.9%)

Hue50.66°

Saturation (HSL)48.03%

Lightness49.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BC · G A9 · B 42

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Colour values

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