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Recognised as Colour

#BEAA42

  • #BEAA42
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#BEAA42 is a yellow with RGB values 190, 170, 66 and HSL 50°, 49%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#BEAA42#BEAA42
HEX#BEAA42
RGBrgb(190, 170, 66)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.6667, 0.2588
RGB percentages74.5%, 66.7%, 25.9%
HSLhsl(50.3, 48.8%, 50.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.3, 65.3%, 74.5%)
CMYK0%, 10.5%, 65.3%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,495,426
CSS custom property--colour: #BEAA42;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4009WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.02:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#4155BD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BAA635no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFAD48no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#CC9E94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 16.1Olive · ΔE 19.5Goldenrod · ΔE 19.7Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.9Khaki · ΔE 23.2Olivedrab · ΔE 28
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 16.08, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4256BE
Analogous#BE6C42, #94BE42
Triadic#42BEAA, #AA42BE
Split complementary#4294BE, #6C42BE
Tetradic#42BE6C, #4256BE, #BE4294

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2EEDA
Lighter +30%#E5DDB4
Lighter +20%#D8CC8E
Lighter +10%#CBBB68
Darker −10%#998834
Darker −20%#736627
Darker −30%#4D451A
Darker −40%#27230D
More saturated +25%#DEC022
Less saturated −25%#9E9462

Channel breakdown

R190
G170
B66
Red190 (74.5%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue66 (25.9%)
Hue50.32°
Saturation (HSL)48.82%
Lightness50.2%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BE · G AA · B 42

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