Colour

#BABEA5

#BABEA5
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Silver

#BABEA5 is a yellow with RGB values 186, 190, 165 and HSL 70°, 16%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#BABEA5#BABEA5

HEX#BABEA5

RGBrgb(186, 190, 165)

RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.7451, 0.6471

RGB percentages72.9%, 74.5%, 64.7%

HSLhsl(69.6, 16.1%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(69.6, 13.2%, 74.5%)

CMYK2.1%, 0%, 13.2%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,238,501

CSS custom property--colour: #BABEA5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49983WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness186.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11:1

Contrast with white1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB

Inverted#45415A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C2BBA4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#C2BCA6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Tritanopia#BDBBB7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 13.6 Dark grey · ΔE 15.1 Light grey · ΔE 15.9 Tan · ΔE 16.4 Gainsboro · ΔE 17.8 Wheat · ΔE 19.2

Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 13.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A9A5BE

Analogous#BEB5A5, #ADBEA5

Triadic#A5BABE, #BEA5BA

Split complementary#A5ADBE, #B5A5BE

Tetradic#A5BEB5, #A9A5BE, #BEA5AD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFEFE

Lighter +20%#E7E9E0

Lighter +10%#D1D3C3

Darker −10%#A3A987

Darker −20%#8C936A

Darker −30%#707555

Darker −40%#54583F

More saturated +25%#C7D192

Less saturated −25%#B2B2B2

Channel breakdown

R186

G190

B165

Red186 (72.9%)

Green190 (74.5%)

Blue165 (64.7%)

Hue69.6°

Saturation (HSL)16.13%

Lightness69.61%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR BA · G BE · B A5

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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