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Colour

#BDAB4A

  • #BDAB4A
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#BDAB4A is a yellow with RGB values 189, 171, 74 and HSL 51°, 47%, 52%. 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

#BDAB4A#BDAB4A
HEX#BDAB4A
RGBrgb(189, 171, 74)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.6706, 0.2902
RGB percentages74.1%, 67.1%, 29%
HSLhsl(50.6, 46.6%, 51.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 60.8%, 74.1%)
CMYK0%, 9.5%, 60.8%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,430,154
CSS custom property--colour: #BDAB4A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40439WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.09:1
Contrast with white2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#4254B5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BAA73Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFAD4Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#CBA096no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 12.8Olive · ΔE 20.2Khaki · ΔE 21.7Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.9Goldenrod · ΔE 22.5Burlywood · ΔE 25.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 12.81, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4A5CBD
Analogous#BD714A, #96BD4A
Triadic#4ABDAB, #AB4ABD
Split complementary#4A96BD, #714ABD
Tetradic#4ABD71, #4A5CBD, #BD4A96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4F0DF
Lighter +30%#E6DFBA
Lighter +20%#D8CE95
Lighter +10%#CBBC6F
Darker −10%#9B8C39
Darker −20%#766A2B
Darker −30%#51491D
Darker −40%#2B2710
More saturated +25%#DCC02B
Less saturated −25%#9E9669

Channel breakdown

R189
G171
B74
Red189 (74.1%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue74 (29%)
Hue50.61°
Saturation (HSL)46.56%
Lightness51.57%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BD · G AB · B 4A

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