Recognised as Colour
#BEAB52
- #BEAB52
- Yellow
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark khaki
#BEAB52 is a yellow with RGB values 190, 171, 82 and HSL 49°, 45%, 53%. 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
#BEAB52#BEAB52
HEX#BEAB52
RGBrgb(190, 171, 82)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.6706, 0.3216
RGB percentages74.5%, 67.1%, 32.2%
HSLhsl(49.4, 45.4%, 53.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.4, 56.8%, 74.5%)
CMYK0%, 10%, 56.8%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,495,698
CSS custom property--colour: #BEAB52;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.40682WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.14:1
Contrast with white2.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#4154AD
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.14:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#5265BE
Analogous#BE7552, #9BBE52
Triadic#52BEAB, #AB52BE
Split complementary#529BBE, #7552BE
Tetradic#52BE75, #5265BE, #BE529B
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R190
G171
B82
Red190 (74.5%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue82 (32.2%)
Hue49.44°
Saturation (HSL)45.38%
Lightness53.33%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BE · G AB · B 52
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