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Recognised as Colour

#BDAA68

  • #BDAA68
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#BDAA68 is a yellow with RGB values 189, 170, 104 and HSL 47°, 39%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#BDAA68#BDAA68
HEX#BDAA68
RGBrgb(189, 170, 104)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.6667, 0.4078
RGB percentages74.1%, 66.7%, 40.8%
HSLhsl(46.6, 39.2%, 57.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(46.6, 45%, 74.1%)
CMYK0%, 10.1%, 45%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,429,928
CSS custom property--colour: #BDAA68;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40568WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.11:1
Contrast with white2.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#425597

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7A763no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCAD6Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#C9A19Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 8Burlywood · ΔE 13.4Tan · ΔE 14.9Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.5Navajo white · ΔE 22.8Khaki · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 7.95, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#687BBD
Analogous#BD7F68, #A6BD68
Triadic#68BDAA, #AA68BD
Split complementary#68A6BD, #7F68BD
Tetradic#68BD7F, #687BBD, #BD68A6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBFAF6
Lighter +30%#ECE6D2
Lighter +20%#DCD2AF
Lighter +10%#CDBE8B
Darker −10%#A8934A
Darker −20%#85743A
Darker −30%#61552B
Darker −40%#3E361B
More saturated +25%#D8B94D
Less saturated −25%#A29B83

Channel breakdown

R189
G170
B104
Red189 (74.1%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue104 (40.8%)
Hue46.59°
Saturation (HSL)39.17%
Lightness57.45%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BD · G AA · B 68

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