Colour

#BABE6D

#BABE6D
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#BABE6D is a yellow with RGB values 186, 190, 109 and HSL 63°, 38%, 59%. 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

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HEX#BABE6D

RGBrgb(186, 190, 109)

RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.7451, 0.4275

RGB percentages72.9%, 74.5%, 42.7%

HSLhsl(63, 38.4%, 58.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(63, 42.6%, 74.5%)

CMYK2.1%, 0%, 42.6%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,238,445

CSS custom property--colour: #BABE6D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4837WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness181.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.67:1

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

Contrast with black10.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7

Inverted#454192

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C9B766no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#CABA71no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original

Tritanopia#C4B5ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.4 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 text10.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 5 Khaki · ΔE 16.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 19.6 Burlywood · ΔE 23 Tan · ΔE 24.3 Dark seagreen · ΔE 24.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 5.02, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#716DBE

Analogous#BE9A6D, #92BE6D

Triadic#6DBABE, #BE6DBA

Split complementary#6D91BE, #9A6DBE

Tetradic#6DBE9A, #716DBE, #BE6D91

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDFDFA

Lighter +30%#ECEDD7

Lighter +20%#DBDDB4

Lighter +10%#CBCE90

Darker −10%#A7AC4C

Darker −20%#85883D

Darker −30%#62652D

Darker −40%#40421D

More saturated +25%#D2D853

Less saturated −25%#A2A487

Channel breakdown

R186

G190

B109

Red186 (72.9%)

Green190 (74.5%)

Blue109 (42.7%)

Hue62.96°

Saturation (HSL)38.39%

Lightness58.63%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR BA · G BE · B 6D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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