Recognised as Colour

#BDC27A

#BDC27A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#BDC27A is a yellow with RGB values 189, 194, 122 and HSL 64°, 37%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#BDC27A

RGBrgb(189, 194, 122)

RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.7608, 0.4784

RGB percentages74.1%, 76.1%, 47.8%

HSLhsl(64.2, 37.1%, 62%)

HSV / HSBhsv(64.2, 37.1%, 76.1%)

CMYK2.6%, 0%, 37.1%, 23.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,436,090

CSS custom property--colour: #BDC27A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50808WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness185.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.16:1

Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC

Inverted#423D85

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CCBC75no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#CCBE7Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original

Tritanopia#C6BAB0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 6.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 16.3 Khaki · ΔE 17.1 Burlywood · ΔE 20.6 Tan · ΔE 21.1 Dark seagreen · ΔE 21.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 6.28, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7F7AC2

Analogous#C2A37A, #99C27A

Triadic#7ABDC2, #C27ABD

Split complementary#7A99C2, #A37AC2

Tetradic#7AC2A3, #7F7AC2, #C27A99

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F1F2E3

Lighter +20%#E0E2C0

Lighter +10%#CED29D

Darker −10%#ACB257

Darker −20%#8D9343

Darker −30%#6C7033

Darker −40%#4A4D23

More saturated +25%#D2DA62

Less saturated −25%#A8AA92

Channel breakdown

R189

G194

B122

Red189 (74.1%)

Green194 (76.1%)

Blue122 (47.8%)

Hue64.17°

Saturation (HSL)37.11%

Lightness61.96%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR BD · G C2 · B 7A

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Colour values

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Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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