Colour

#BFBE41

#BFBE41
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#BFBE41 is a yellow with RGB values 191, 190, 65 and HSL 60°, 50%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#BFBE41#BFBE41

HEX#BFBE41

RGBrgb(191, 190, 65)

RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.7451, 0.2549

RGB percentages74.9%, 74.5%, 25.5%

HSLhsl(59.5, 49.6%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(59.5, 66%, 74.9%)

CMYK0%, 0.5%, 66%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,566,081

CSS custom property--colour: #BFBE41;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48285WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness180.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.66:1

Contrast with white1.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5

Inverted#4041BE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CDB62Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#CFBB49no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original

Tritanopia#CCB2A5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.97:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 22.2 Khaki · ΔE 22.6 Olive · ΔE 23.5 Yellow green · ΔE 23.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 22.2, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4142BF

Analogous#BF7F41, #81BF41

Triadic#41BFBE, #BE41BF

Split complementary#4181BF, #7F41BF

Tetradic#41BF7F, #4142BF, #BF4181

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2F2DA

Lighter +30%#E6E5B3

Lighter +20%#D9D88D

Lighter +10%#CCCB67

Darker −10%#999934

Darker −20%#737327

Darker −30%#4D4D1A

Darker −40%#27270D

More saturated +25%#DFDD21

Less saturated −25%#9F9F61

Channel breakdown

R191

G190

B65

Red191 (74.9%)

Green190 (74.5%)

Blue65 (25.5%)

Hue59.52°

Saturation (HSL)49.61%

Lightness50.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BF · G BE · B 41

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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