Colour

#BBB483

#BBB483
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#BBB483 is a yellow with RGB values 187, 180, 131 and HSL 53°, 29%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

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HEX#BBB483

RGBrgb(187, 180, 131)

RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.7059, 0.5137

RGB percentages73.3%, 70.6%, 51.4%

HSLhsl(52.5, 29.2%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.5, 29.9%, 73.3%)

CMYK0%, 3.7%, 29.9%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,301,443

CSS custom property--colour: #BBB483;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44846WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness177.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.97:1

Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2

Inverted#444B7C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BDB180no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#BFB485no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Tritanopia#C3ADA7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 10.6 Burlywood · ΔE 13.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 13.8 Wheat · ΔE 18 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 19.1 Navajo white · ΔE 20

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 10.56, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#838ABB

Analogous#BB9883, #A6BB83

Triadic#83BBB4, #B483BB

Split complementary#83A6BB, #9883BB

Tetradic#83BB98, #838ABB, #BB83A6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F1F0E6

Lighter +20%#DFDCC5

Lighter +10%#CDC8A4

Darker −10%#A9A062

Darker −20%#8C844D

Darker −30%#6B653A

Darker −40%#4A4528

More saturated +25%#D3C66B

Less saturated −25%#A3A29B

Channel breakdown

R187

G180

B131

Red187 (73.3%)

Green180 (70.6%)

Blue131 (51.4%)

Hue52.5°

Saturation (HSL)29.17%

Lightness62.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BB · G B4 · B 83

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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