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Recognised as Colour

#BBBBAE

  • #BBBBAE
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Silver

#BBBBAE is a yellow with RGB values 187, 187, 174 and HSL 60°, 9%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#BBBBAE#BBBBAE
HEX#BBBBAE
RGBrgb(187, 187, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.7333, 0.6824
RGB percentages73.3%, 73.3%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(60, 8.7%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(60, 7%, 73.3%)
CMYK0%, 0%, 7%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,303,278
CSS custom property--colour: #BBBBAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49161WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.83:1
Contrast with white1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#444451

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BEBAADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEBAAEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#BDB9B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 7.3Dark grey · ΔE 9.4Light grey · ΔE 11.4Gainsboro · ΔE 14.1Antique white · ΔE 19.3Tan · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 7.31, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AEAEBB
Analogous#BBB4AE, #B4BBAE
Triadic#AEBBBB, #BBAEBB
Split complementary#AEB4BB, #B4AEBB
Tetradic#AEBBB4, #AEAEBB, #BBAEB4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EAEAE5
Lighter +10%#D2D2CA
Darker −10%#A4A492
Darker −20%#8C8C77
Darker −30%#71715F
Darker −40%#555548
More saturated +25%#CECE9B
Less saturated −25%#B4B4B4

Channel breakdown

R187
G187
B174
Red187 (73.3%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue60°
Saturation (HSL)8.72%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelRed and Green
Hex per channelR BB · G BB · B AE

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