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Colour

#BBAA4B

  • #BBAA4B
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#BBAA4B is a yellow with RGB values 187, 170, 75 and HSL 51°, 45%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#BBAA4B#BBAA4B
HEX#BBAA4B
RGBrgb(187, 170, 75)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.6667, 0.2941
RGB percentages73.3%, 66.7%, 29.4%
HSLhsl(50.9, 45.2%, 51.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.9, 59.9%, 73.3%)
CMYK0%, 9.1%, 59.9%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,298,827
CSS custom property--colour: #BBAA4B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39822WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.96:1
Contrast with white2.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#4455B4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9A641no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEAC50no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Tritanopia#C89F95no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 12Olive · ΔE 20Khaki · ΔE 21.9Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.4Goldenrod · ΔE 23.5Burlywood · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 11.96, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4B5CBB
Analogous#BB724B, #94BB4B
Triadic#4BBBAA, #AA4BBB
Split complementary#4B94BB, #724BBB
Tetradic#4BBB72, #4B5CBB, #BB4B94

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3F0DF
Lighter +30%#E5DEBA
Lighter +20%#D7CD95
Lighter +10%#C9BB70
Darker −10%#998B3A
Darker −20%#74692C
Darker −30%#4F481E
Darker −40%#2A2610
More saturated +25%#DAC02C
Less saturated −25%#9C946A

Channel breakdown

R187
G170
B75
Red187 (73.3%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue75 (29.4%)
Hue50.89°
Saturation (HSL)45.16%
Lightness51.37%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BB · G AA · B 4B

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