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Recognised as Colour

#BBAA40

  • #BBAA40
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#BBAA40 is a yellow with RGB values 187, 170, 64 and HSL 52°, 49%, 49%. 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

#BBAA40#BBAA40
HEX#BBAA40
RGBrgb(187, 170, 64)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.6667, 0.251
RGB percentages73.3%, 66.7%, 25.1%
HSLhsl(51.7, 49%, 49.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 65.8%, 73.3%)
CMYK0%, 9.1%, 65.8%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,298,816
CSS custom property--colour: #BBAA40;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39684WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.94:1
Contrast with white2.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#4455BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BAA533no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEAC46no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#C99E94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.3 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 text8.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 16.3Olive · ΔE 18.7Goldenrod · ΔE 20.4Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.6Khaki · ΔE 23.5Olivedrab · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 16.33, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4051BB
Analogous#BB6C40, #8EBB40
Triadic#40BBAA, #AA40BB
Split complementary#408EBB, #6D40BB
Tetradic#40BB6D, #4051BB, #BB408E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1EDD6
Lighter +30%#E4DDB0
Lighter +20%#D7CC8A
Lighter +10%#CABC64
Darker −10%#958733
Darker −20%#6F6526
Darker −30%#494219
Darker −40%#23200C
More saturated +25%#DAC121
Less saturated −25%#9C935F

Channel breakdown

R187
G170
B64
Red187 (73.3%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue64 (25.1%)
Hue51.71°
Saturation (HSL)49%
Lightness49.22%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BB · G AA · B 40

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