Colour

#BCAA41

#BCAA41
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#BCAA41 is a yellow with RGB values 188, 170, 65 and HSL 51°, 49%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#BCAA41#BCAA41

HEX#BCAA41

RGBrgb(188, 170, 65)

RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.6667, 0.2549

RGB percentages73.7%, 66.7%, 25.5%

HSLhsl(51.2, 48.6%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.2, 65.4%, 73.7%)

CMYK0%, 9.6%, 65.4%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,364,353

CSS custom property--colour: #BCAA41;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39822WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness167.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.96:1

Contrast with white2.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6

Inverted#4355BE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BAA634no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#BFAC47no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Tritanopia#CA9E94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 16.1 Olive · ΔE 19 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.4 Khaki · ΔE 23.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 16.1, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4153BC

Analogous#BC6C41, #90BC41

Triadic#41BCAA, #AA41BC

Split complementary#4190BC, #6D41BC

Tetradic#41BC6D, #4153BC, #BC4190

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1EED8

Lighter +30%#E4DDB2

Lighter +20%#D7CC8C

Lighter +10%#CABB66

Darker −10%#968834

Darker −20%#706527

Darker −30%#4A431A

Darker −40%#24210D

More saturated +25%#DCC021

Less saturated −25%#9C9461

Channel breakdown

R188

G170

B65

Red188 (73.7%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue65 (25.5%)

Hue51.22°

Saturation (HSL)48.62%

Lightness49.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BC · G AA · B 41

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