Colour

#BFB175

#BFB175
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#BFB175 is a yellow with RGB values 191, 177, 117 and HSL 49°, 37%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#BFB175#BFB175

HEX#BFB175

RGBrgb(191, 177, 117)

RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.6941, 0.4588

RGB percentages74.9%, 69.4%, 45.9%

HSLhsl(48.6, 36.6%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.6, 38.7%, 74.9%)

CMYK0%, 7.3%, 38.7%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,562,805

CSS custom property--colour: #BFB175;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43805WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness175.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.76:1

Contrast with white2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0

Inverted#404E8A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BCAE71no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#C0B377no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#CAA9A2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 8.5 Burlywood · ΔE 12.1 Tan · ΔE 12.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 19.4 Wheat · ΔE 19.9 Navajo white · ΔE 20.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 8.54, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7583BF

Analogous#BF8C75, #A8BF75

Triadic#75BFB1, #B175BF

Split complementary#75A8BF, #8C75BF

Tetradic#75BF8C, #7583BF, #BF75A8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EFECDE

Lighter +20%#DFD8BB

Lighter +10%#CFC598

Darker −10%#AF9D52

Darker −20%#8D7E41

Darker −30%#6A5F31

Darker −40%#474021

More saturated +25%#D8C15C

Less saturated −25%#A6A18E

Channel breakdown

R191

G177

B117

Red191 (74.9%)

Green177 (69.4%)

Blue117 (45.9%)

Hue48.65°

Saturation (HSL)36.63%

Lightness60.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BF · G B1 · B 75

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