Recognised as Colour

#BDA555

#BDA555
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#BDA555 is a yellow with RGB values 189, 165, 85 and HSL 46°, 44%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#BDA555#BDA555

HEX#BDA555

RGBrgb(189, 165, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.6471, 0.3333

RGB percentages74.1%, 64.7%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(46.2, 44.1%, 53.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.2, 55%, 74.1%)

CMYK0%, 12.7%, 55%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,428,629

CSS custom property--colour: #BDA555;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38385WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness165.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.68:1

Contrast with white2.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4

Inverted#425AAA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B4A24Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#BAAA58no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Tritanopia#CA9A93no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 10.2 Burlywood · ΔE 18.6 Tan · ΔE 21.8 Khaki · ΔE 23.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.5 Olive · ΔE 23.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 10.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#556DBD

Analogous#BD7155, #A1BD55

Triadic#55BDA5, #A555BD

Split complementary#55A1BD, #7155BD

Tetradic#55BD71, #556DBD, #BD55A1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6F3E8

Lighter +30%#E8DFC3

Lighter +20%#DACC9E

Lighter +10%#CBB87A

Darker −10%#A18A3E

Darker −20%#7C6A30

Darker −30%#574B22

Darker −40%#322B14

More saturated +25%#DBB537

Less saturated −25%#A09572

Channel breakdown

R189

G165

B85

Red189 (74.1%)

Green165 (64.7%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue46.15°

Saturation (HSL)44.07%

Lightness53.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BD · G A5 · B 55

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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