Recognised as Colour

#BCAE75

#BCAE75
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#BCAE75 is a yellow with RGB values 188, 174, 117 and HSL 48°, 35%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#BCAE75#BCAE75

HEX#BCAE75

RGBrgb(188, 174, 117)

RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.6824, 0.4588

RGB percentages73.7%, 68.2%, 45.9%

HSLhsl(48.2, 34.6%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.2, 37.8%, 73.7%)

CMYK0%, 7.4%, 37.8%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,365,429

CSS custom property--colour: #BCAE75;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42248WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness172.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.45:1

Contrast with white2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD

Inverted#43518A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B9AB71no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#BDB077no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#C6A69Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 10.1 Tan · ΔE 11.4 Burlywood · ΔE 12.1 Wheat · ΔE 20.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 20.5 Navajo white · ΔE 20.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 10.1, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7583BC

Analogous#BC8A75, #A7BC75

Triadic#75BCAE, #AE75BC

Split complementary#75A7BC, #8A75BC

Tetradic#75BC8A, #7583BC, #BC75A7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFE

Lighter +30%#EEEADC

Lighter +20%#DDD6BA

Lighter +10%#CDC297

Darker −10%#AB9A53

Darker −20%#897B42

Darker −30%#665C32

Darker −40%#443D21

More saturated +25%#D6BE5B

Less saturated −25%#A29E8F

Channel breakdown

R188

G174

B117

Red188 (73.7%)

Green174 (68.2%)

Blue117 (45.9%)

Hue48.17°

Saturation (HSL)34.63%

Lightness59.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BC · G AE · B 75

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Colour values

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