Colour

#BCB17F

#BCB17F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#BCB17F is a yellow with RGB values 188, 177, 127 and HSL 49°, 31%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#BCB17F#BCB17F

HEX#BCB17F

RGBrgb(188, 177, 127)

RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.6941, 0.498

RGB percentages73.7%, 69.4%, 49.8%

HSLhsl(49.2, 31.3%, 61.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.2, 32.4%, 73.7%)

CMYK0%, 5.9%, 32.4%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,366,207

CSS custom property--colour: #BCB17F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43668WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness175.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.73:1

Contrast with white2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0

Inverted#434E80

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BBAE7Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#BEB281no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#C5AAA4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 9.6 Burlywood · ΔE 12.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 13.3 Wheat · ΔE 18.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 19.9 Navajo white · ΔE 19.9

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 9.61, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7F8ABC

Analogous#BC937F, #A9BC7F

Triadic#7FBCB1, #B17FBC

Split complementary#7FA9BC, #927FBC

Tetradic#7FBC93, #7F8ABC, #BC7FA9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F1EEE3

Lighter +20%#DFDAC2

Lighter +10%#CEC5A0

Darker −10%#AA9D5E

Darker −20%#8C8049

Darker −30%#6A6138

Darker −40%#494326

More saturated +25%#D4C167

Less saturated −25%#A4A197

Channel breakdown

R188

G177

B127

Red188 (73.7%)

Green177 (69.4%)

Blue127 (49.8%)

Hue49.18°

Saturation (HSL)31.28%

Lightness61.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BC · G B1 · B 7F

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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