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Recognised as Colour

#BEA93A

  • #BEA93A
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Goldenrod

#BEA93A is a yellow with RGB values 190, 169, 58 and HSL 50°, 53%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#BEA93A#BEA93A
HEX#BEA93A
RGBrgb(190, 169, 58)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.6627, 0.2275
RGB percentages74.5%, 66.3%, 22.7%
HSLhsl(50.5, 53.2%, 48.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.5, 69.5%, 74.5%)
CMYK0%, 11.1%, 69.5%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,495,162
CSS custom property--colour: #BEA93A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39629WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.93:1
Contrast with white2.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#4156C5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9A52Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFAC40no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#CD9D92no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 17.6Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18.6Dark khaki · ΔE 19Olive · ΔE 19.1Khaki · ΔE 24.9Olivedrab · ΔE 28.6
Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 17.61, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3A4FBE
Analogous#BE673A, #91BE3A
Triadic#3ABEA9, #A93ABE
Split complementary#3A91BE, #673ABE
Tetradic#3ABE67, #3A4FBE, #BE3A91

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1EDD3
Lighter +30%#E6DCAB
Lighter +20%#DACC84
Lighter +10%#CEBC5D
Darker −10%#97862E
Darker −20%#706322
Darker −30%#494116
Darker −40%#221E0A
More saturated +25%#DDBE1B
Less saturated −25%#9F9459

Channel breakdown

R190
G169
B58
Red190 (74.5%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue58 (22.7%)
Hue50.45°
Saturation (HSL)53.23%
Lightness48.63%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BE · G A9 · B 3A

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