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Recognised as Colour

#BFBE6A

  • #BFBE6A
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#BFBE6A is a yellow with RGB values 191, 190, 106 and HSL 59°, 40%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#BFBE6A#BFBE6A
HEX#BFBE6A
RGBrgb(191, 190, 106)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.7451, 0.4157
RGB percentages74.9%, 74.5%, 41.6%
HSLhsl(59.3, 39.9%, 58.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(59.3, 44.5%, 74.9%)
CMYK0%, 0.5%, 44.5%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,566,122
CSS custom property--colour: #BFBE6A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48944WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.79:1
Contrast with white1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#404195

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CAB863no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#CCBB6Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Tritanopia#CAB5AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 4.7Khaki · ΔE 15.4Pale goldenrod · ΔE 19.9Burlywood · ΔE 22.5Tan · ΔE 24.5Navajo white · ΔE 26
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 4.68, a close match
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6A6BBF
Analogous#BF946A, #95BF6A
Triadic#6ABFBE, #BE6ABF
Split complementary#6A96BF, #936ABF
Tetradic#6ABF94, #6A6BBF, #BF6A96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCFCF9
Lighter +30%#EDEDD5
Lighter +20%#DEDDB1
Lighter +10%#CECE8E
Darker −10%#ACAB4A
Darker −20%#88873B
Darker −30%#65642B
Darker −40%#41411C
More saturated +25%#DAD84F
Less saturated −25%#A4A485

Channel breakdown

R191
G190
B106
Red191 (74.9%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue106 (41.6%)
Hue59.29°
Saturation (HSL)39.91%
Lightness58.24%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BF · G BE · B 6A

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