Colour

#BDC175

#BDC175
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#BDC175 is a yellow with RGB values 189, 193, 117 and HSL 63°, 38%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#BDC175#BDC175

HEX#BDC175

RGBrgb(189, 193, 117)

RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.7569, 0.4588

RGB percentages74.1%, 75.7%, 45.9%

HSLhsl(63.2, 38%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(63.2, 39.4%, 75.7%)

CMYK2.1%, 0%, 39.4%, 24.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,435,829

CSS custom property--colour: #BDC175;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50243WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness184.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.05:1

Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB

Inverted#423E8A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CCBB6Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original

Deuteranopia#CCBD78no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original

Tritanopia#C6B9AEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 5.2 Khaki · ΔE 16.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 17.3 Burlywood · ΔE 21.4 Tan · ΔE 22.4 Dark seagreen · ΔE 22.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 5.19, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7975C1

Analogous#C19F75, #97C175

Triadic#75BDC1, #C175BD

Split complementary#7597C1, #9F75C1

Tetradic#75C19F, #7975C1, #C17597

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EFF0DF

Lighter +20%#DFE1BB

Lighter +10%#CED198

Darker −10%#ACB152

Darker −20%#8B9040

Darker −30%#696C31

Darker −40%#474921

More saturated +25%#D3DA5C

Less saturated −25%#A7A88E

Channel breakdown

R189

G193

B117

Red189 (74.1%)

Green193 (75.7%)

Blue117 (45.9%)

Hue63.16°

Saturation (HSL)38%

Lightness60.78%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR BD · G C1 · B 75

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Colour values

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