Colour

#BCAA50

#BCAA50
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#BCAA50 is a yellow with RGB values 188, 170, 80 and HSL 50°, 45%, 53%. 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

#BCAA50#BCAA50

HEX#BCAA50

RGBrgb(188, 170, 80)

RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.6667, 0.3137

RGB percentages73.7%, 66.7%, 31.4%

HSLhsl(50, 44.6%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50, 57.4%, 73.7%)

CMYK0%, 9.6%, 57.4%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,364,368

CSS custom property--colour: #BCAA50;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4002WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness168.1 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#4355AF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B9A647no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#BEAC54no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#C99F96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.9 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 10.3 Olive · ΔE 21.3 Khaki · ΔE 21.5 Burlywood · ΔE 22.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 10.28, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5062BC

Analogous#BC7450, #98BC50

Triadic#50BCAA, #AA50BC

Split complementary#5098BC, #7450BC

Tetradic#50BC74, #5062BC, #BC5098

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F4F2E4

Lighter +30%#E6E0BF

Lighter +20%#D8CE9A

Lighter +10%#CABC75

Darker −10%#9D8D3C

Darker −20%#786C2E

Darker −30%#534B20

Darker −40%#2E2A12

More saturated +25%#DABE32

Less saturated −25%#9E966E

Channel breakdown

R188

G170

B80

Red188 (73.7%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue80 (31.4%)

Hue50°

Saturation (HSL)44.63%

Lightness52.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BC · G AA · B 50

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Colour values

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