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Recognised as Colour

#BDA641

  • #BDA641
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#BDA641 is a yellow with RGB values 189, 166, 65 and HSL 49°, 49%, 50%. 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

#BDA641#BDA641
HEX#BDA641
RGBrgb(189, 166, 65)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.651, 0.2549
RGB percentages74.1%, 65.1%, 25.5%
HSLhsl(48.9, 48.8%, 49.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.9, 65.6%, 74.1%)
CMYK0%, 12.2%, 65.6%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,428,865
CSS custom property--colour: #BDA641;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38473WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.69:1
Contrast with white2.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#4259BE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6A235no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCAA46no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#CB9A91no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.5 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 text8.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 16.1Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18.5Olive · ΔE 19.3Goldenrod · ΔE 19.4Khaki · ΔE 24.3Peru · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 16.12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4158BD
Analogous#BD6841, #96BD41
Triadic#41BDA6, #A641BD
Split complementary#4196BD, #6841BD
Tetradic#41BD68, #4158BD, #BD4196

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2EDD8
Lighter +30%#E5DBB2
Lighter +20%#D8CA8C
Lighter +10%#CBB866
Darker −10%#978534
Darker −20%#716327
Darker −30%#4B421A
Darker −40%#25210D
More saturated +25%#DDBA21
Less saturated −25%#9D9261

Channel breakdown

R189
G166
B65
Red189 (74.1%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue65 (25.5%)
Hue48.87°
Saturation (HSL)48.82%
Lightness49.8%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BD · G A6 · B 41

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