Recognised as Colour

#BDCB5C

#BDCB5C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#BDCB5C is a yellow with RGB values 189, 203, 92 and HSL 68°, 52%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#BDCB5C#BDCB5C

HEX#BDCB5C

RGBrgb(189, 203, 92)

RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.7961, 0.3608

RGB percentages74.1%, 79.6%, 36.1%

HSLhsl(67.6, 51.6%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(67.6, 54.7%, 79.6%)

CMYK6.9%, 0%, 54.7%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,438,364

CSS custom property--colour: #BDCB5C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54303WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness189.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.86:1

Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0

Inverted#4234A3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D8C251no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#D7C462no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original

Tritanopia#C7C1B2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 18.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 18.6 Yellow green · ΔE 22.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.4 Olive · ΔE 28 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 28.3

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 18.08, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6A5CCB

Analogous#CBA15C, #86CB5C

Triadic#5CBDCB, #CB5CBD

Split complementary#5C86CB, #A15CCB

Tetradic#5CCBA1, #6A5CCB, #CB5C86

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCFCF7

Lighter +30%#ECF0D0

Lighter +20%#DCE4A9

Lighter +10%#CDD783

Darker −10%#A9B93B

Darker −20%#86922F

Darker −30%#626C22

Darker −40%#3F4516

More saturated +25%#D1E641

Less saturated −25%#A9B077

Channel breakdown

R189

G203

B92

Red189 (74.1%)

Green203 (79.6%)

Blue92 (36.1%)

Hue67.57°

Saturation (HSL)51.63%

Lightness57.84%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR BD · G CB · B 5C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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