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Recognised as Colour

#BCAA4A

  • #BCAA4A
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#BCAA4A is a yellow with RGB values 188, 170, 74 and HSL 51°, 46%, 51%. 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

#BCAA4A#BCAA4A
HEX#BCAA4A
RGBrgb(188, 170, 74)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.6667, 0.2902
RGB percentages73.7%, 66.7%, 29%
HSLhsl(50.5, 46%, 51.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.5, 60.6%, 73.7%)
CMYK0%, 9.6%, 60.6%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,364,362
CSS custom property--colour: #BCAA4A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39935WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.99:1
Contrast with white2.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#4355B5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9A640no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEAC4Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#CA9F95no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44 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 text8.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 12.6Olive · ΔE 20.1Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.9Khaki · ΔE 22Goldenrod · ΔE 22.8Burlywood · ΔE 25.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 12.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4A5CBC
Analogous#BC714A, #95BC4A
Triadic#4ABCAA, #AA4ABC
Split complementary#4A95BC, #714ABC
Tetradic#4ABC71, #4A5CBC, #BC4A95

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3F0DF
Lighter +30%#E5DEBA
Lighter +20%#D8CD94
Lighter +10%#CABB6F
Darker −10%#9A8B39
Darker −20%#75692B
Darker −30%#50481D
Darker −40%#2A2610
More saturated +25%#DBBF2B
Less saturated −25%#9D9569

Channel breakdown

R188
G170
B74
Red188 (73.7%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue74 (29%)
Hue50.53°
Saturation (HSL)45.97%
Lightness51.37%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BC · G AA · B 4A

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