Recognised as Colour
#BEAE66
- #BEAE66
- Yellow
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark khaki
#BEAE66 is a yellow with RGB values 190, 174, 102 and HSL 49°, 40%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.
Colour values
#BEAE66#BEAE66
HEX#BEAE66
RGBrgb(190, 174, 102)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.6824, 0.4
RGB percentages74.5%, 68.2%, 40%
HSLhsl(49.1, 40.4%, 57.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.1, 46.3%, 74.5%)
CMYK0%, 8.4%, 46.3%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,496,486
CSS custom property--colour: #BEAE66;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.42179WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.44:1
Contrast with white2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#415199
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.44:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#6676BE
Analogous#BE8266, #A2BE66
Triadic#66BEAE, #AE66BE
Split complementary#66A2BE, #8266BE
Tetradic#66BE82, #6676BE, #BE66A2
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R190
G174
B102
Red190 (74.5%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue102 (40%)
Hue49.09°
Saturation (HSL)40.37%
Lightness57.25%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BE · G AE · B 66
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