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Recognised as Colour

#BFAB44

  • #BFAB44
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#BFAB44 is a yellow with RGB values 191, 171, 68 and HSL 50°, 49%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#BFAB44#BFAB44
HEX#BFAB44
RGBrgb(191, 171, 68)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.6706, 0.2667
RGB percentages74.9%, 67.1%, 26.7%
HSLhsl(50.2, 49%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.2, 64.4%, 74.9%)
CMYK0%, 10.5%, 64.4%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,561,220
CSS custom property--colour: #BFAB44;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4062WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.12:1
Contrast with white2.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#4054BB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBA738no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C0AE49no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Tritanopia#CD9F95no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 15.6Olive · ΔE 19.9Goldenrod · ΔE 20Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.2Khaki · ΔE 22.7Burlywood · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 15.59, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4458BF
Analogous#BF6E44, #95BF44
Triadic#44BFAB, #AB44BF
Split complementary#4495BF, #6E44BF
Tetradic#44BF6D, #4458BF, #BF4495

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3EFDC
Lighter +30%#E6DEB6
Lighter +20%#D9CD90
Lighter +10%#CCBC6A
Darker −10%#9B8A35
Darker −20%#756828
Darker −30%#4F471B
Darker −40%#29250E
More saturated +25%#DEC025
Less saturated −25%#A09663

Channel breakdown

R191
G171
B68
Red191 (74.9%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue68 (26.7%)
Hue50.24°
Saturation (HSL)49%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BF · G AB · B 44

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