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Recognised as Colour

#BFA01B

  • #BFA01B
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Goldenrod

#BFA01B is a yellow with RGB values 191, 160, 27 and HSL 49°, 75%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#BFA01B#BFA01B
HEX#BFA01B
RGBrgb(191, 160, 27)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.6275, 0.1059
RGB percentages74.9%, 62.7%, 10.6%
HSLhsl(48.7, 75.2%, 42.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.7, 85.9%, 74.9%)
CMYK0%, 16.2%, 85.9%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,558,363
CSS custom property--colour: #BFA01B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36297WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.26:1
Contrast with white2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#405FE4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B29D00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#BAA626no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Tritanopia#CF9289no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 10.7Dark goldenrod · ΔE 13.4Olive · ΔE 21.1Dark khaki · ΔE 28.2Peru · ΔE 28.8Orange · ΔE 29.3
Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 10.7, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1B3ABF
Analogous#BF4E1B, #8CBF1B
Triadic#1BBFA0, #A01BBF
Split complementary#1B8CBF, #4E1BBF
Tetradic#1BBF4E, #1B3ABF, #BF1B8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4E8B2
Lighter +30%#EEDA85
Lighter +20%#E7CC59
Lighter +10%#E1BF2C
Darker −10%#927B15
Darker −20%#66550E
Darker −30%#393008
Darker −40%#0C0A02
More saturated +25%#DAB100
Less saturated −25%#A48F36

Channel breakdown

R191
G160
B27
Red191 (74.9%)
Green160 (62.7%)
Blue27 (10.6%)
Hue48.66°
Saturation (HSL)75.23%
Lightness42.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BF · G A0 · B 1B

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