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Recognised as Colour

#BDC164

  • #BDC164
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#BDC164 is a yellow with RGB values 189, 193, 100 and HSL 63°, 43%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#BDC164#BDC164
HEX#BDC164
RGBrgb(189, 193, 100)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.7569, 0.3922
RGB percentages74.1%, 75.7%, 39.2%
HSLhsl(62.6, 42.9%, 57.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(62.6, 48.2%, 75.7%)
CMYK2.1%, 0%, 48.2%, 24.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,435,812
CSS custom property--colour: #BDC164;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49879WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.98:1
Contrast with white1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#423E9B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CDBA5Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#CEBD69no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Tritanopia#C8B7ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 9.2Khaki · ΔE 15.4Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.5Olivedrab · ΔE 25.6Olive · ΔE 26.4Burlywood · ΔE 26.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 9.24, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6864C1
Analogous#C19664, #8FC164
Triadic#64BDC1, #C164BD
Split complementary#648FC1, #9664C1
Tetradic#64C196, #6864C1, #C1648F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBFBF6
Lighter +30%#ECEDD1
Lighter +20%#DCDEAD
Lighter +10%#CDD088
Darker −10%#A8AD45
Darker −20%#858837
Darker −30%#616428
Darker −40%#3E4019
More saturated +25%#D6DC49
Less saturated −25%#A4A67F

Channel breakdown

R189
G193
B100
Red189 (74.1%)
Green193 (75.7%)
Blue100 (39.2%)
Hue62.58°
Saturation (HSL)42.86%
Lightness57.45%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BD · G C1 · B 64

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