Colour

#BDB775

#BDB775
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#BDB775 is a yellow with RGB values 189, 183, 117 and HSL 55°, 35%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#BDB775#BDB775

HEX#BDB775

RGBrgb(189, 183, 117)

RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.7176, 0.4588

RGB percentages74.1%, 71.8%, 45.9%

HSLhsl(55, 35.3%, 60%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55, 38.1%, 74.1%)

CMYK0%, 3.2%, 38.1%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,433,269

CSS custom property--colour: #BDB775;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4597WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness178.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.19:1

Contrast with white2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4

Inverted#42488A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C2B370no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Deuteranopia#C4B678no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Tritanopia#C7AFA6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 5.1 Burlywood · ΔE 15.8 Tan · ΔE 16.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 17.9 Khaki · ΔE 19.9 Wheat · ΔE 21

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 5.08, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#757BBD

Analogous#BD9375, #9FBD75

Triadic#75BDB7, #B775BD

Split complementary#759FBD, #9375BD

Tetradic#75BD93, #757BBD, #BD759F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EFEDDD

Lighter +20%#DEDBBA

Lighter +10%#CDC997

Darker −10%#ADA552

Darker −20%#8A8442

Darker −30%#686331

Darker −40%#454221

More saturated +25%#D7CC5B

Less saturated −25%#A4A28F

Channel breakdown

R189

G183

B117

Red189 (74.1%)

Green183 (71.8%)

Blue117 (45.9%)

Hue55°

Saturation (HSL)35.29%

Lightness60%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BD · G B7 · B 75

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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