Recognised as Colour

#BCAB4E

#BCAB4E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#BCAB4E is a yellow with RGB values 188, 171, 78 and HSL 51°, 45%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#BCAB4E

RGBrgb(188, 171, 78)

RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.6706, 0.3059

RGB percentages73.7%, 67.1%, 30.6%

HSLhsl(50.7, 45.1%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.7, 58.5%, 73.7%)

CMYK0%, 9%, 58.5%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,364,622

CSS custom property--colour: #BCAB4E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40367WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness168.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.07:1

Contrast with white2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8

Inverted#4354B1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BAA744no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#BEAD52no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#C9A096no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 11 Olive · ΔE 20.7 Khaki · ΔE 21.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23 Burlywood · ΔE 24 Goldenrod · 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#4E5FBC

Analogous#BC744E, #96BC4E

Triadic#4EBCAB, #AB4EBC

Split complementary#4E96BC, #744EBC

Tetradic#4EBC74, #4E5FBC, #BC4E96

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F4F1E2

Lighter +30%#E6E0BD

Lighter +20%#D8CE98

Lighter +10%#CABD73

Darker −10%#9C8D3B

Darker −20%#776C2D

Darker −30%#524A1F

Darker −40%#2D2911

More saturated +25%#DBC030

Less saturated −25%#9E966D

Channel breakdown

R188

G171

B78

Red188 (73.7%)

Green171 (67.1%)

Blue78 (30.6%)

Hue50.73°

Saturation (HSL)45.08%

Lightness52.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BC · G AB · B 4E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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