Recognised as Colour

#B2BD74

#B2BD74
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#B2BD74 is a yellow with RGB values 178, 189, 116 and HSL 69°, 36%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#B2BD74

RGBrgb(178, 189, 116)

RGB (0–1)0.698, 0.7412, 0.4549

RGB percentages69.8%, 74.1%, 45.5%

HSLhsl(69, 35.6%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(69, 38.6%, 74.1%)

CMYK5.8%, 0%, 38.6%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,713,908

CSS custom property--colour: #B2BD74;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47121WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness178.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.42:1

Contrast with white2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5

Inverted#4D428B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C6B66Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#C6B777no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original

Tritanopia#BAB5ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 7.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 19.2 Khaki · ΔE 19.6 Dark seagreen · ΔE 19.7 Burlywood · ΔE 23.2 Tan · ΔE 23.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 7.52, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7F74BD

Analogous#BDA474, #8DBD74

Triadic#74B2BD, #BD74B2

Split complementary#748DBD, #A474BD

Tetradic#74BDA4, #7F74BD, #BD748D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFE

Lighter +30%#EBEEDC

Lighter +20%#D8DEB9

Lighter +10%#C5CD97

Darker −10%#9FAC52

Darker −20%#7F8A41

Darker −30%#5F6731

Darker −40%#3F4421

More saturated +25%#C4D75A

Less saturated −25%#A0A38E

Channel breakdown

R178

G189

B116

Red178 (69.8%)

Green189 (74.1%)

Blue116 (45.5%)

Hue69.04°

Saturation (HSL)35.61%

Lightness59.8%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR B2 · G BD · B 74

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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