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Recognised as Colour

#BFAE46

  • #BFAE46
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#BFAE46 is a yellow with RGB values 191, 174, 70 and HSL 52°, 49%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#BFAE46#BFAE46
HEX#BFAE46
RGBrgb(191, 174, 70)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.6824, 0.2745
RGB percentages74.9%, 68.2%, 27.5%
HSLhsl(51.6, 48.6%, 51.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 63.4%, 74.9%)
CMYK0%, 8.9%, 63.4%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,561,990
CSS custom property--colour: #BFAE46;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41791WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.36:1
Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#4051B9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BEA93Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2B04Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#CDA298no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 15.1Olive · ΔE 20.2Goldenrod · ΔE 21Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.7Khaki · ΔE 21.7Olivedrab · ΔE 27.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 15.12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4657BF
Analogous#BF7146, #94BF46
Triadic#46BFAE, #AE46BF
Split complementary#4694BF, #7146BF
Tetradic#46BF71, #4657BF, #BF4694

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3F0DE
Lighter +30%#E6E0B8
Lighter +20%#D9CF92
Lighter +10%#CCBF6C
Darker −10%#9C8E36
Darker −20%#766B29
Darker −30%#50491C
Darker −40%#2A260F
More saturated +25%#DEC427
Less saturated −25%#A09865

Channel breakdown

R191
G174
B70
Red191 (74.9%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue70 (27.5%)
Hue51.57°
Saturation (HSL)48.59%
Lightness51.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BF · G AE · B 46

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