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Recognised as Colour

#BCA94A

  • #BCA94A
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#BCA94A is a yellow with RGB values 188, 169, 74 and HSL 50°, 46%, 51%. 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

#BCA94A#BCA94A
HEX#BCA94A
RGBrgb(188, 169, 74)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.6627, 0.2902
RGB percentages73.7%, 66.3%, 29%
HSLhsl(50, 46%, 51.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50, 60.6%, 73.7%)
CMYK0%, 10.1%, 60.6%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,364,106
CSS custom property--colour: #BCA94A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39562WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.91:1
Contrast with white2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#4356B5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8A540no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDAC4Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#CA9E94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.6 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 text8.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 12.5Olive · ΔE 20.1Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.6Khaki · ΔE 22.3Goldenrod · ΔE 22.7Burlywood · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 12.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4A5DBC
Analogous#BC704A, #96BC4A
Triadic#4ABCA9, #A94ABC
Split complementary#4A96BC, #704ABC
Tetradic#4ABC70, #4A5DBC, #BC4A96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3F0DF
Lighter +30%#E5DEBA
Lighter +20%#D8CC94
Lighter +10%#CABB6F
Darker −10%#9A8A39
Darker −20%#75692B
Darker −30%#50471D
Darker −40%#2A2610
More saturated +25%#DBBE2B
Less saturated −25%#9D9469

Channel breakdown

R188
G169
B74
Red188 (73.7%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue74 (29%)
Hue50°
Saturation (HSL)45.97%
Lightness51.37%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BC · G A9 · B 4A

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