Recognised as Colour

#BDA01D

#BDA01D
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Goldenrod

#BDA01D is a yellow with RGB values 189, 160, 29 and HSL 49°, 73%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#BDA01D#BDA01D

HEX#BDA01D

RGBrgb(189, 160, 29)

RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.6275, 0.1137

RGB percentages74.1%, 62.7%, 11.4%

HSLhsl(49.1, 73.4%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.1, 84.7%, 74.1%)

CMYK0%, 15.3%, 84.7%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,427,293

CSS custom property--colour: #BDA01D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36049WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness160.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.21:1

Contrast with white2.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D

Inverted#425FE2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B29D00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#B9A628no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original

Tritanopia#CD9289no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.56:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 11.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 13.8 Olive · ΔE 20.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 27.4 Peru · ΔE 29 Gold · ΔE 30.2

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 11.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1D3ABD

Analogous#BD501D, #8ABD1D

Triadic#1DBDA0, #A01DBD

Split complementary#1D8ABD, #501DBD

Tetradic#1DBD50, #1D3ABD, #BD1D8A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3E8B3

Lighter +30%#EDDA86

Lighter +20%#E6CC5A

Lighter +10%#DFBF2E

Darker −10%#917B16

Darker −20%#65550F

Darker −30%#383009

Darker −40%#0C0A02

More saturated +25%#D8B102

Less saturated −25%#A28F38

Channel breakdown

R189

G160

B29

Red189 (74.1%)

Green160 (62.7%)

Blue29 (11.4%)

Hue49.13°

Saturation (HSL)73.39%

Lightness42.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BD · G A0 · B 1D

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#BDA01D

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else