Colour

#BFB487

#BFB487
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#BFB487 is a yellow with RGB values 191, 180, 135 and HSL 48°, 30%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#BFB487#BFB487

HEX#BFB487

RGBrgb(191, 180, 135)

RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.7059, 0.5294

RGB percentages74.9%, 70.6%, 52.9%

HSLhsl(48.2, 30.4%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.2, 29.3%, 74.9%)

CMYK0%, 5.8%, 29.3%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,563,591

CSS custom property--colour: #BFB487;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45468WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness178.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.09:1

Contrast with white2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3

Inverted#404B78

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BDB284no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#C0B589no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#C8ADA8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 8.3 Burlywood · ΔE 12.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.9 Wheat · ΔE 16.8 Navajo white · ΔE 18.9 Moccasin · ΔE 19.4

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 8.31, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8792BF

Analogous#BF9887, #AEBF87

Triadic#87BFB4, #B487BF

Split complementary#87AEBF, #9887BF

Tetradic#87BF98, #8792BF, #BF87AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F4F2EB

Lighter +20%#E2DECA

Lighter +10%#D1C9A8

Darker −10%#AD9F66

Darker −20%#92854E

Darker −30%#71663C

Darker −40%#50482A

More saturated +25%#D6C270

Less saturated −25%#A8A69E

Channel breakdown

R191

G180

B135

Red191 (74.9%)

Green180 (70.6%)

Blue135 (52.9%)

Hue48.21°

Saturation (HSL)30.43%

Lightness63.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BF · G B4 · B 87

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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