Colour

#BFAC41

#BFAC41
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#BFAC41 is a yellow with RGB values 191, 172, 65 and HSL 51°, 50%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#BFAC41#BFAC41

HEX#BFAC41

RGBrgb(191, 172, 65)

RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.6745, 0.2549

RGB percentages74.9%, 67.5%, 25.5%

HSLhsl(51, 49.6%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51, 66%, 74.9%)

CMYK0%, 9.9%, 66%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,561,473

CSS custom property--colour: #BFAC41;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40963WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness169.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.19:1

Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8

Inverted#4053BE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BCA834no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Deuteranopia#C1AE47no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Tritanopia#CDA096no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 16.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 19.4 Olive · ΔE 19.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.3 Khaki · ΔE 23 Olivedrab · ΔE 28

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 16.86, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#4154BF

Analogous#BF6D41, #93BF41

Triadic#41BFAC, #AC41BF

Split complementary#4193BF, #6D41BF

Tetradic#41BF6D, #4154BF, #BF4193

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F2EFDA

Lighter +30%#E6DEB3

Lighter +20%#D9CD8D

Lighter +10%#CCBD67

Darker −10%#998A34

Darker −20%#736827

Darker −30%#4D451A

Darker −40%#27230D

More saturated +25%#DFC221

Less saturated −25%#9F9661

Channel breakdown

R191

G172

B65

Red191 (74.9%)

Green172 (67.5%)

Blue65 (25.5%)

Hue50.95°

Saturation (HSL)49.61%

Lightness50.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BF · G AC · B 41

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Colour values

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