Colour

#BFB98B

#BFB98B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#BFB98B is a yellow with RGB values 191, 185, 139 and HSL 53°, 29%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#BFB98B#BFB98B

HEX#BFB98B

RGBrgb(191, 185, 139)

RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.7255, 0.5451

RGB percentages74.9%, 72.5%, 54.5%

HSLhsl(53.1, 28.9%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.1, 27.2%, 74.9%)

CMYK0%, 3.1%, 27.2%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,564,875

CSS custom property--colour: #BFB98B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47638WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness182.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.53:1

Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7

Inverted#404674

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C2B688no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#C4B98Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#C7B3ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 10.2 Burlywood · ΔE 13.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.6 Wheat · ΔE 16.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 18 Navajo white · ΔE 18.7

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 10.23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8B91BF

Analogous#BF9F8B, #ABBF8B

Triadic#8BBFB9, #B98BBF

Split complementary#8BABBF, #9F8BBF

Tetradic#8BBF9F, #8B91BF, #BF8BAB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F5F5EE

Lighter +20%#E3E1CD

Lighter +10%#D1CDAC

Darker −10%#ADA56A

Darker −20%#938B51

Darker −30%#726C3F

Darker −40%#514D2D

More saturated +25%#D5CA74

Less saturated −25%#A8A8A1

Channel breakdown

R191

G185

B139

Red191 (74.9%)

Green185 (72.5%)

Blue139 (54.5%)

Hue53.08°

Saturation (HSL)28.89%

Lightness64.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BF · G B9 · B 8B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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