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Recognised as Colour

#BFA637

  • #BFA637
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Goldenrod

#BFA637 is a yellow with RGB values 191, 166, 55 and HSL 49°, 55%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#BFA637#BFA637
HEX#BFA637
RGBrgb(191, 166, 55)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.651, 0.2157
RGB percentages74.9%, 65.1%, 21.6%
HSLhsl(49, 55.3%, 48.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49, 71.2%, 74.9%)
CMYK0%, 13.1%, 71.2%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,559,927
CSS custom property--colour: #BFA637;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38625WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.72:1
Contrast with white2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#4059C8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7A226no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDAA3Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Tritanopia#CE9990no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 16Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.6Olive · ΔE 19.4Dark khaki · ΔE 20.1Khaki · ΔE 26.1Peru · ΔE 27.2
Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 15.98, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3750BF
Analogous#BF6237, #94BF37
Triadic#37BFA6, #A637BF
Split complementary#3794BF, #6237BF
Tetradic#37BF62, #3750BF, #BF3794

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2EBD0
Lighter +30%#E6DBA9
Lighter +20%#DBCA81
Lighter +10%#CFBA5A
Darker −10%#97842C
Darker −20%#706120
Darker −30%#483F15
Darker −40%#211C09
More saturated +25%#DEB918
Less saturated −25%#A09356

Channel breakdown

R191
G166
B55
Red191 (74.9%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue55 (21.6%)
Hue48.97°
Saturation (HSL)55.28%
Lightness48.24%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BF · G A6 · B 37

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