Recognised as Colour
#BE950A
- #BE950A
- Yellow
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark goldenrod
#BE950A is a yellow with RGB values 190, 149, 10 and HSL 46°, 90%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark goldenrod.
Colour values
#BE950A#BE950A
HEX#BE950A
RGBrgb(190, 149, 10)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.5843, 0.0392
RGB percentages74.5%, 58.4%, 3.9%
HSLhsl(46.3, 90%, 39.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(46.3, 94.7%, 74.5%)
CMYK0%, 21.6%, 94.7%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,489,994
CSS custom property--colour: #BE950A;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.32464WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.49:1
Contrast with white2.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#416AF5
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.49:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#0A33BE
Analogous#BE3B0A, #8DBE0A
Triadic#0ABE95, #950ABE
Split complementary#0A8DBE, #3B0ABE
Tetradic#0ABE3B, #0A33BE, #BE0A8D
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R190
G149
B10
Red190 (74.5%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue10 (3.9%)
Hue46.33°
Saturation (HSL)90%
Lightness39.22%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BE · G 95 · B 0A
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