Recognised as Colour

#BDA94B

#BDA94B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#BDA94B is a yellow with RGB values 189, 169, 75 and HSL 49°, 46%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#BDA94B

RGBrgb(189, 169, 75)

RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.6627, 0.2941

RGB percentages74.1%, 66.3%, 29.4%

HSLhsl(49.5, 46.3%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.5, 60.3%, 74.1%)

CMYK0%, 10.6%, 60.3%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,429,643

CSS custom property--colour: #BDA94B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39703WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness167.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.94:1

Contrast with white2.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6

Inverted#4256B4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B8A541no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#BEAC4Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#CB9E94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 12.4 Olive · ΔE 20.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.5 Khaki · ΔE 22.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.7 Burlywood · ΔE 24.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 12.39, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4B5FBD

Analogous#BD704B, #98BD4B

Triadic#4BBDA9, #A94BBD

Split complementary#4B98BD, #704BBD

Tetradic#4BBD70, #4B5FBD, #BD4B98

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F4F0E0

Lighter +30%#E6DEBB

Lighter +20%#D8CD96

Lighter +10%#CBBB70

Darker −10%#9C8B39

Darker −20%#77692B

Darker −30%#51481E

Darker −40%#2C2710

More saturated +25%#DCBD2C

Less saturated −25%#9E956A

Channel breakdown

R189

G169

B75

Red189 (74.1%)

Green169 (66.3%)

Blue75 (29.4%)

Hue49.47°

Saturation (HSL)46.34%

Lightness51.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BD · G A9 · B 4B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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