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Recognised as Colour

#BEAE6A

  • #BEAE6A
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#BEAE6A is a yellow with RGB values 190, 174, 106 and HSL 49°, 39%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#BEAE6A#BEAE6A
HEX#BEAE6A
RGBrgb(190, 174, 106)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.6824, 0.4157
RGB percentages74.5%, 68.2%, 41.6%
HSLhsl(48.6, 39.3%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.6, 44.2%, 74.5%)
CMYK0%, 8.4%, 44.2%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,496,490
CSS custom property--colour: #BEAE6A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4226WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.45:1
Contrast with white2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#415195

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBAB65no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFB06Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Tritanopia#CAA59Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 6Burlywood · ΔE 14.1Tan · ΔE 15.7Pale goldenrod · ΔE 21.3Khaki · ΔE 21.6Navajo white · ΔE 22.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 6.04, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6A7ABE
Analogous#BE846A, #A4BE6A
Triadic#6ABEAE, #AE6ABE
Split complementary#6AA4BE, #846ABE
Tetradic#6ABE84, #6A7ABE, #BE6AA4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCFBF8
Lighter +30%#ECE8D5
Lighter +20%#DDD5B1
Lighter +10%#CDC18E
Darker −10%#AB984A
Darker −20%#87793B
Darker −30%#64592B
Darker −40%#40391C
More saturated +25%#D9BF4F
Less saturated −25%#A39D85

Channel breakdown

R190
G174
B106
Red190 (74.5%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue106 (41.6%)
Hue48.57°
Saturation (HSL)39.25%
Lightness58.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BE · G AE · B 6A

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