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Recognised as Colour

#BACB8A

  • #BACB8A
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#BACB8A is a green with RGB values 186, 203, 138 and HSL 76°, 38%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#BACB8A#BACB8A
HEX#BACB8A
RGBrgb(186, 203, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.7961, 0.5412
RGB percentages72.9%, 79.6%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(75.7, 38.5%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(75.7, 32%, 79.6%)
CMYK8.4%, 0%, 32%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,241,802
CSS custom property--colour: #BACB8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54986WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12:1
Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#453475

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3C486no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1C48Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Tritanopia#C0C4BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 12.9Pale goldenrod · ΔE 15.2Dark seagreen · ΔE 16.1Khaki · ΔE 19.8Wheat · ΔE 21.8Tan · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 12.95, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9B8ACB
Analogous#CBBB8A, #9ACB8A
Triadic#8ABACB, #CB8ABA
Split complementary#8A9ACB, #BB8ACB
Tetradic#8ACBBB, #9B8ACB, #CB8A9A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8FAF4
Lighter +20%#E4EAD1
Lighter +10%#CFDBAD
Darker −10%#A5BB67
Darker −20%#8DA54A
Darker −30%#6F823A
Darker −40%#515F2A
More saturated +25%#C4E075
Less saturated −25%#B0B69F

Channel breakdown

R186
G203
B138
Red186 (72.9%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue75.69°
Saturation (HSL)38.46%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BA · G CB · B 8A

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