Recognised as Colour
#BEA54E
- #BEA54E
- Yellow
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark khaki
#BEA54E is a yellow with RGB values 190, 165, 78 and HSL 47°, 46%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.
Colour values
#BEA54E#BEA54E
HEX#BEA54E
RGBrgb(190, 165, 78)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.6471, 0.3059
RGB percentages74.5%, 64.7%, 30.6%
HSLhsl(46.6, 46.3%, 52.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(46.6, 58.9%, 74.5%)
CMYK0%, 13.2%, 58.9%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,494,158
CSS custom property--colour: #BEA54E;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.38407WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.68:1
Contrast with white2.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#415AB1
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.68:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#4E67BE
Analogous#BE6D4E, #9FBE4E
Triadic#4EBEA5, #A54EBE
Split complementary#4E9FBE, #6D4EBE
Tetradic#4EBE6D, #4E67BE, #BE4E9F
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R190
G165
B78
Red190 (74.5%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue78 (30.6%)
Hue46.61°
Saturation (HSL)46.28%
Lightness52.55%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BE · G A5 · B 4E
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