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Recognised as Colour

#BDAD3E

  • #BDAD3E
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#BDAD3E is a yellow with RGB values 189, 173, 62 and HSL 52°, 51%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#BDAD3E#BDAD3E
HEX#BDAD3E
RGBrgb(189, 173, 62)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.6784, 0.2431
RGB percentages74.1%, 67.8%, 24.3%
HSLhsl(52.4, 50.6%, 49.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.4, 67.2%, 74.1%)
CMYK0%, 8.5%, 67.2%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,430,654
CSS custom property--colour: #BDAD3E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41054WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.21:1
Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#4252C1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BDA82Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1AE44no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#CBA196no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 17.9Olive · ΔE 19.2Goldenrod · ΔE 19.8Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.1Khaki · ΔE 23.4Olivedrab · ΔE 27.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 17.87, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3E4EBD
Analogous#BD6E3E, #8DBD3E
Triadic#3EBDAD, #AD3EBD
Split complementary#3E8DBD, #6E3EBD
Tetradic#3EBD6E, #3E4EBD, #BD3E8D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1EED6
Lighter +30%#E5DEAF
Lighter +20%#D8CE89
Lighter +10%#CCBE62
Darker −10%#978A31
Darker −20%#706725
Darker −30%#4A4418
Darker −40%#23200C
More saturated +25%#DCC41F
Less saturated −25%#9E965D

Channel breakdown

R189
G173
B62
Red189 (74.1%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue62 (24.3%)
Hue52.44°
Saturation (HSL)50.6%
Lightness49.22%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BD · G AD · B 3E

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