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Recognised as Colour

#BFAD46

  • #BFAD46
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#BFAD46 is a yellow with RGB values 191, 173, 70 and HSL 51°, 49%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#BFAD46#BFAD46
HEX#BFAD46
RGBrgb(191, 173, 70)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.6784, 0.2745
RGB percentages74.9%, 67.8%, 27.5%
HSLhsl(51.1, 48.6%, 51.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.1, 63.4%, 74.9%)
CMYK0%, 9.4%, 63.4%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,561,734
CSS custom property--colour: #BFAD46;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41406WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.28:1
Contrast with white2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#4052B9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BDA93Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2AF4Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#CDA197no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 15Olive · ΔE 20.1Goldenrod · ΔE 20.8Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.3Khaki · ΔE 21.9Olivedrab · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 14.99, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4658BF
Analogous#BF7146, #94BF46
Triadic#46BFAD, #AD46BF
Split complementary#4694BF, #7146BF
Tetradic#46BF71, #4658BF, #BF4694

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3F0DE
Lighter +30%#E6DFB8
Lighter +20%#D9CF92
Lighter +10%#CCBE6C
Darker −10%#9C8D36
Darker −20%#766B29
Darker −30%#50481C
Darker −40%#2A260F
More saturated +25%#DEC327
Less saturated −25%#A09765

Channel breakdown

R191
G173
B70
Red191 (74.9%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue70 (27.5%)
Hue51.07°
Saturation (HSL)48.59%
Lightness51.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BF · G AD · B 46

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