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Recognised as Colour

#BFA42C

  • #BFA42C
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Goldenrod

#BFA42C is a yellow with RGB values 191, 164, 44 and HSL 49°, 63%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#BFA42C#BFA42C
HEX#BFA42C
RGBrgb(191, 164, 44)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.6431, 0.1725
RGB percentages74.9%, 64.3%, 17.3%
HSLhsl(49, 62.6%, 46.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49, 77%, 74.9%)
CMYK0%, 14.1%, 77%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,559,404
CSS custom property--colour: #BFA42C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37809WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.56:1
Contrast with white2.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#405BD3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6A113no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCA934no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Tritanopia#CF978Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.45:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 13.5Dark goldenrod · ΔE 15.1Olive · ΔE 19.7Dark khaki · ΔE 23.7Peru · ΔE 28.1Khaki · ΔE 28.6
Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 13.49, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2C47BF
Analogous#BF5B2C, #91BF2C
Triadic#2CBFA4, #A42CBF
Split complementary#2C91BF, #5B2CBF
Tetradic#2CBF5B, #2C47BF, #BF2C91

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2EAC5
Lighter +30%#E8DA9C
Lighter +20%#DFCB72
Lighter +10%#D5BB49
Darker −10%#968022
Darker −20%#6C5D19
Darker −30%#43390F
Darker −40%#191606
More saturated +25%#DCB70F
Less saturated −25%#A29149

Channel breakdown

R191
G164
B44
Red191 (74.9%)
Green164 (64.3%)
Blue44 (17.3%)
Hue48.98°
Saturation (HSL)62.55%
Lightness46.08%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BF · G A4 · B 2C

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