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Recognised as Colour

#BBAE73

  • #BBAE73
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#BBAE73 is a yellow with RGB values 187, 174, 115 and HSL 49°, 35%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#BBAE73#BBAE73
HEX#BBAE73
RGBrgb(187, 174, 115)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.6824, 0.451
RGB percentages73.3%, 68.2%, 45.1%
HSLhsl(49.2, 34.6%, 59.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.2, 38.5%, 73.3%)
CMYK0%, 7%, 38.5%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,299,891
CSS custom property--colour: #BBAE73;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42075WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.41:1
Contrast with white2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#44518C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9AB6Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDB075no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#C5A69Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 9.1Tan · ΔE 12.4Burlywood · ΔE 12.8Pale goldenrod · ΔE 20.5Wheat · ΔE 20.8Navajo white · ΔE 21.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 9.08, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7380BB
Analogous#BB8A73, #A4BB73
Triadic#73BBAE, #AE73BB
Split complementary#73A4BB, #8A73BB
Tetradic#73BB8A, #7380BB, #BB73A4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFDFC
Lighter +30%#EDEADA
Lighter +20%#DCD6B8
Lighter +10%#CCC295
Darker −10%#A99952
Darker −20%#877A41
Darker −30%#645B31
Darker −40%#423C20
More saturated +25%#D5BF59
Less saturated −25%#A19D8D

Channel breakdown

R187
G174
B115
Red187 (73.3%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue115 (45.1%)
Hue49.17°
Saturation (HSL)34.62%
Lightness59.22%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BB · G AE · B 73

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