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Recognised as Colour

#BDA24F

  • #BDA24F
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#BDA24F is a yellow with RGB values 189, 162, 79 and HSL 45°, 45%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#BDA24F#BDA24F
HEX#BDA24F
RGBrgb(189, 162, 79)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.6353, 0.3098
RGB percentages74.1%, 63.5%, 31%
HSLhsl(45.3, 45.5%, 52.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(45.3, 58.2%, 74.1%)
CMYK0%, 14.3%, 58.2%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,427,855
CSS custom property--colour: #BDA24F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37224WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.44:1
Contrast with white2.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#425DB0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1A047no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8A852no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Tritanopia#CB978Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 12.5Burlywood · ΔE 20.1Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.1Peru · ΔE 22.4Olive · ΔE 22.7Tan · ΔE 23.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 12.46, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4F6ABD
Analogous#BD6B4F, #A1BD4F
Triadic#4FBDA2, #A24FBD
Split complementary#4FA1BD, #6B4FBD
Tetradic#4FBD6B, #4F6ABD, #BD4FA1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5F0E3
Lighter +30%#E7DDBE
Lighter +20%#D9C999
Lighter +10%#CBB674
Darker −10%#9E863B
Darker −20%#79662D
Darker −30%#54471F
Darker −40%#2F2711
More saturated +25%#DBB131
Less saturated −25%#9F936D

Channel breakdown

R189
G162
B79
Red189 (74.1%)
Green162 (63.5%)
Blue79 (31%)
Hue45.27°
Saturation (HSL)45.45%
Lightness52.55%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BD · G A2 · B 4F

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