Recognised as Colour
#BEAD5E
- #BEAD5E
- Yellow
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark khaki
#BEAD5E is a yellow with RGB values 190, 173, 94 and HSL 49°, 42%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.
Colour values
#BEAD5E#BEAD5E
HEX#BEAD5E
RGBrgb(190, 173, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.6784, 0.3686
RGB percentages74.5%, 67.8%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(49.4, 42.5%, 55.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.4, 50.5%, 74.5%)
CMYK0%, 8.9%, 50.5%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,496,222
CSS custom property--colour: #BEAD5E;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.41642WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.33:1
Contrast with white2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#4152A1
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.33:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#5E6FBE
Analogous#BE7D5E, #9FBE5E
Triadic#5EBEAD, #AD5EBE
Split complementary#5E9FBE, #7D5EBE
Tetradic#5EBE7D, #5E6FBE, #BE5E9F
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R190
G173
B94
Red190 (74.5%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue49.38°
Saturation (HSL)42.48%
Lightness55.69%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BE · G AD · B 5E
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