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Recognised as Colour

#BDC38E

  • #BDC38E
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#BDC38E is a yellow with RGB values 189, 195, 142 and HSL 67°, 31%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#BDC38E#BDC38E
HEX#BDC38E
RGBrgb(189, 195, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.7647, 0.5569
RGB percentages74.1%, 76.5%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(66.8, 30.6%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(66.8, 27.2%, 76.5%)
CMYK3.1%, 0%, 27.2%, 23.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,436,366
CSS custom property--colour: #BDC38E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51802WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.36:1
Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#423C71

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CBBE8Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBBF90no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Tritanopia#C3BDB5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 13.9Pale goldenrod · ΔE 15.2Tan · ΔE 16Dark seagreen · ΔE 16.1Wheat · ΔE 17.4Burlywood · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 13.94, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#948EC3
Analogous#C3AE8E, #A3C38E
Triadic#8EBDC3, #C38EBD
Split complementary#8EA2C3, #AF8EC3
Tetradic#8EC3AF, #948EC3, #C38EA3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7F8F2
Lighter +20%#E4E6D1
Lighter +10%#D0D5AF
Darker −10%#AAB16D
Darker −20%#919952
Darker −30%#727840
Darker −40%#52572E
More saturated +25%#CED978
Less saturated −25%#ACADA4

Channel breakdown

R189
G195
B142
Red189 (74.1%)
Green195 (76.5%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue66.79°
Saturation (HSL)30.64%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BD · G C3 · B 8E

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