Colour

#BEAB42

#BEAB42
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#BEAB42 is a yellow with RGB values 190, 171, 66 and HSL 51°, 49%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#BEAB42#BEAB42

HEX#BEAB42

RGBrgb(190, 171, 66)

RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.6706, 0.2588

RGB percentages74.5%, 67.1%, 25.9%

HSLhsl(50.8, 48.8%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.8, 65.3%, 74.5%)

CMYK0%, 10%, 65.3%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,495,682

CSS custom property--colour: #BEAB42;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40466WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness168.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.09:1

Contrast with white2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7

Inverted#4154BD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BBA735no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Deuteranopia#C0AE48no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#CC9F95no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 16.2 Olive · ΔE 19.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 19.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.3 Khaki · ΔE 23 Olivedrab · ΔE 27.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 16.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4255BE

Analogous#BE6D42, #93BE42

Triadic#42BEAB, #AB42BE

Split complementary#4293BE, #6D42BE

Tetradic#42BE6D, #4255BE, #BE4293

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2EEDA

Lighter +30%#E5DEB4

Lighter +20%#D8CD8E

Lighter +10%#CBBC68

Darker −10%#998934

Darker −20%#736727

Darker −30%#4D451A

Darker −40%#27230D

More saturated +25%#DEC122

Less saturated −25%#9E9562

Channel breakdown

R190

G171

B66

Red190 (74.5%)

Green171 (67.1%)

Blue66 (25.9%)

Hue50.81°

Saturation (HSL)48.82%

Lightness50.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BE · G AB · B 42

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Colour values

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