Recognised as Colour

#BDBA8A

#BDBA8A
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#BDBA8A is a yellow with RGB values 189, 186, 138 and HSL 56°, 28%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#BDBA8A#BDBA8A

HEX#BDBA8A

RGBrgb(189, 186, 138)

RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.7294, 0.5412

RGB percentages74.1%, 72.9%, 54.1%

HSLhsl(56.5, 27.9%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.5, 27%, 74.1%)

CMYK0%, 1.6%, 27%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,434,058

CSS custom property--colour: #BDBA8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47772WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness182.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.55:1

Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7

Inverted#424575

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C2B687no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#C4B98Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Tritanopia#C5B4ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 11.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 14.7 Burlywood · ΔE 14.8 Wheat · ΔE 16.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 17.6 Dark seagreen · ΔE 18.6

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 11.67, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8A8DBD

Analogous#BDA08A, #A7BD8A

Triadic#8ABDBA, #BA8ABD

Split complementary#8AA6BD, #A18ABD

Tetradic#8ABDA0, #8A8DBD, #BD8AA6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F4F4EC

Lighter +20%#E2E0CB

Lighter +10%#CFCDAB

Darker −10%#ABA769

Darker −20%#908C51

Darker −30%#6F6C3F

Darker −40%#4F4D2C

More saturated +25%#D4CE73

Less saturated −25%#A6A6A1

Channel breakdown

R189

G186

B138

Red189 (74.1%)

Green186 (72.9%)

Blue138 (54.1%)

Hue56.47°

Saturation (HSL)27.87%

Lightness64.12%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BD · G BA · B 8A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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