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Recognised as Colour

#BCAA4E

  • #BCAA4E
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#BCAA4E is a yellow with RGB values 188, 170, 78 and HSL 50°, 45%, 52%. 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

#BCAA4E#BCAA4E
HEX#BCAA4E
RGBrgb(188, 170, 78)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.6667, 0.3059
RGB percentages73.7%, 66.7%, 30.6%
HSLhsl(50.2, 45.1%, 52.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.2, 58.5%, 73.7%)
CMYK0%, 9.6%, 58.5%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,364,366
CSS custom property--colour: #BCAA4E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39991WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#4355B1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9A645no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEAC52no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Tritanopia#C99F96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 11Olive · ΔE 20.8Khaki · ΔE 21.6Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.8Burlywood · ΔE 23.6Goldenrod · ΔE 24.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 11.02, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4E60BC
Analogous#BC734E, #97BC4E
Triadic#4EBCAA, #AA4EBC
Split complementary#4E97BC, #734EBC
Tetradic#4EBC73, #4E60BC, #BC4E97

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4F1E2
Lighter +30%#E6DFBD
Lighter +20%#D8CE98
Lighter +10%#CABC73
Darker −10%#9C8C3B
Darker −20%#776B2D
Darker −30%#524A1F
Darker −40%#2D2811
More saturated +25%#DBBF30
Less saturated −25%#9E956D

Channel breakdown

R188
G170
B78
Red188 (73.7%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue78 (30.6%)
Hue50.18°
Saturation (HSL)45.08%
Lightness52.16%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BC · G AA · B 4E

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