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Recognised as Colour

#BDAF4F

  • #BDAF4F
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#BDAF4F is a yellow with RGB values 189, 175, 79 and HSL 52°, 45%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#BDAF4F#BDAF4F
HEX#BDAF4F
RGBrgb(189, 175, 79)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.6863, 0.3098
RGB percentages74.1%, 68.6%, 31%
HSLhsl(52.4, 45.5%, 52.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.4, 58.2%, 74.1%)
CMYK0%, 7.4%, 58.2%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,431,183
CSS custom property--colour: #BDAF4F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42043WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.41:1
Contrast with white2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#4250B0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BEAA45no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2B054no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Tritanopia#CAA49Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 11.2Khaki · ΔE 20.2Olive · ΔE 21Dark goldenrod · ΔE 24.2Goldenrod · ΔE 24.4Burlywood · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 11.16, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4F5DBD
Analogous#BD784F, #94BD4F
Triadic#4FBDAF, #AF4FBD
Split complementary#4F94BD, #784FBD
Tetradic#4FBD78, #4F5DBD, #BD4F94

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5F2E3
Lighter +30%#E7E2BE
Lighter +20%#D9D199
Lighter +10%#CBC074
Darker −10%#9E913B
Darker −20%#796F2D
Darker −30%#544D1F
Darker −40%#2F2B11
More saturated +25%#DBC631
Less saturated −25%#9F986D

Channel breakdown

R189
G175
B79
Red189 (74.1%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue79 (31%)
Hue52.36°
Saturation (HSL)45.45%
Lightness52.55%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BD · G AF · B 4F

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