Recognised as Colour
#BEAB47
- #BEAB47
- Yellow
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark khaki
#BEAB47 is a yellow with RGB values 190, 171, 71 and HSL 50°, 48%, 51%. 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
#BEAB47#BEAB47
HEX#BEAB47
RGBrgb(190, 171, 71)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.6706, 0.2784
RGB percentages74.5%, 67.1%, 27.8%
HSLhsl(50.4, 47.8%, 51.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.4, 62.6%, 74.5%)
CMYK0%, 10%, 62.6%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,495,687
CSS custom property--colour: #BEAB47;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.40528WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.11:1
Contrast with white2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#4154B8
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.11:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#475ABE
Analogous#BE6F47, #96BE47
Triadic#47BEAB, #AB47BE
Split complementary#4796BE, #6F47BE
Tetradic#47BE6F, #475ABE, #BE4796
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R190
G171
B71
Red190 (74.5%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue71 (27.8%)
Hue50.42°
Saturation (HSL)47.79%
Lightness51.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BE · G AB · B 47
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