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Recognised as Colour

#BDAE4F

  • #BDAE4F
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#BDAE4F is a yellow with RGB values 189, 174, 79 and HSL 52°, 45%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#BDAE4F#BDAE4F
HEX#BDAE4F
RGBrgb(189, 174, 79)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.6824, 0.3098
RGB percentages74.1%, 68.2%, 31%
HSLhsl(51.8, 45.5%, 52.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.8, 58.2%, 74.1%)
CMYK0%, 7.9%, 58.2%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,430,927
CSS custom property--colour: #BDAE4F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41655WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.33:1
Contrast with white2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#4251B0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BDA945no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1AF54no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Tritanopia#CAA399no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 11Khaki · ΔE 20.4Olive · ΔE 21Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.9Goldenrod · ΔE 24.3Burlywood · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 11.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4F5EBD
Analogous#BD774F, #95BD4F
Triadic#4FBDAE, #AE4FBD
Split complementary#4F95BD, #774FBD
Tetradic#4FBD77, #4F5EBD, #BD4F95

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5F2E3
Lighter +30%#E7E1BE
Lighter +20%#D9D099
Lighter +10%#CBBF74
Darker −10%#9E903B
Darker −20%#796E2D
Darker −30%#544D1F
Darker −40%#2F2B11
More saturated +25%#DBC431
Less saturated −25%#9F986D

Channel breakdown

R189
G174
B79
Red189 (74.1%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue79 (31%)
Hue51.82°
Saturation (HSL)45.45%
Lightness52.55%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BD · G AE · B 4F

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