Colour

#A8BB00

#A8BB00
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Yellow green

#A8BB00 is a yellow with RGB values 168, 187, 0 and HSL 66°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#A8BB00#A8BB00

HEX#A8BB00

RGBrgb(168, 187, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.7333, 0

RGB percentages65.9%, 73.3%, 0%

HSLhsl(66.1, 100%, 36.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(66.1, 100%, 73.3%)

CMYK10.2%, 0%, 100%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,057,920

CSS custom property--colour: #A8BB00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43865WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness170.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.77:1

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

Contrast with black9.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9

Inverted#5744FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C9B000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original

Deuteranopia#C7B223no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.2 from the original

Tritanopia#B3B09Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.1 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 text9.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 15 Olive · ΔE 28.8 Olivedrab · ΔE 29.4 Gold · ΔE 31 Yellow · ΔE 33.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 34.1

Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 14.96, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1300BB

Analogous#BB7100, #4ABB00

Triadic#00A8BB, #BB00A8

Split complementary#004ABB, #7100BB

Tetradic#00BB71, #1300BB, #BB004A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3FF88

Lighter +30%#EEFF55

Lighter +20%#E9FF22

Lighter +10%#D6EE00

Darker −10%#7A8800

Darker −20%#4C5500

Darker −30%#1F2200

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A8BB00

Less saturated −25%#95A417

Channel breakdown

R168

G187

Red168 (65.9%)

Green187 (73.3%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue66.1°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness36.67%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR A8 · G BB · B 00

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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