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Recognised as Colour

#BDC37C

  • #BDC37C
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#BDC37C is a yellow with RGB values 189, 195, 124 and HSL 65°, 37%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#BDC37C#BDC37C
HEX#BDC37C
RGBrgb(189, 195, 124)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.7647, 0.4863
RGB percentages74.1%, 76.5%, 48.6%
HSLhsl(65.1, 37.2%, 62.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(65.1, 36.4%, 76.5%)
CMYK3.1%, 0%, 36.4%, 23.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,436,348
CSS custom property--colour: #BDC37C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51304WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.26:1
Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#423C83

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CDBD77no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#CDBF7Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Tritanopia#C5BBB1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 7Pale goldenrod · ΔE 15.9Khaki · ΔE 17.2Dark seagreen · ΔE 20.7Burlywood · ΔE 20.7Tan · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 6.98, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#827CC3
Analogous#C3A67C, #9AC37C
Triadic#7CBDC3, #C37CBD
Split complementary#7C9AC3, #A67CC3
Tetradic#7CC3A6, #827CC3, #C37C9A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F2F3E5
Lighter +20%#E0E3C2
Lighter +10%#CFD39F
Darker −10%#ABB359
Darker −20%#8E9544
Darker −30%#6D7234
Darker −40%#4B4F24
More saturated +25%#D1DB64
Less saturated −25%#A9AB94

Channel breakdown

R189
G195
B124
Red189 (74.1%)
Green195 (76.5%)
Blue124 (48.6%)
Hue65.07°
Saturation (HSL)37.17%
Lightness62.55%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BD · G C3 · B 7C

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