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Recognised as Colour

#BBAA3B

  • #BBAA3B
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#BBAA3B is a yellow with RGB values 187, 170, 59 and HSL 52°, 52%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#BBAA3B#BBAA3B
HEX#BBAA3B
RGBrgb(187, 170, 59)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.6667, 0.2314
RGB percentages73.3%, 66.7%, 23.1%
HSLhsl(52, 52%, 48.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52, 68.4%, 73.3%)
CMYK0%, 9.1%, 68.4%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,298,811
CSS custom property--colour: #BBAA3B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3963WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.93:1
Contrast with white2.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#4455C4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BAA52Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFAC42no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Tritanopia#C99E93no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 18.3Olive · ΔE 18.4Goldenrod · ΔE 19.3Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.1Khaki · ΔE 24.4Olivedrab · ΔE 27
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 18.27, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3B4CBB
Analogous#BB6A3B, #8CBB3B
Triadic#3BBBAA, #AA3BBB
Split complementary#3B8CBB, #6A3BBB
Tetradic#3BBB6A, #3B4CBB, #BB3B8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1ECD1
Lighter +30%#E4DDAB
Lighter +20%#D8CD84
Lighter +10%#CCBD5D
Darker −10%#94872F
Darker −20%#6D6423
Darker −30%#474016
Darker −40%#201D0A
More saturated +25%#DAC11C
Less saturated −25%#9C935A

Channel breakdown

R187
G170
B59
Red187 (73.3%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue59 (23.1%)
Hue52.03°
Saturation (HSL)52.03%
Lightness48.24%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BB · G AA · B 3B

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