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Recognised as Colour

#BBC44D

  • #BBC44D
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#BBC44D is a yellow with RGB values 187, 196, 77 and HSL 65°, 50%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#BBC44D#BBC44D
HEX#BBC44D
RGBrgb(187, 196, 77)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.7686, 0.302
RGB percentages73.3%, 76.9%, 30.2%
HSLhsl(64.5, 50.2%, 53.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(64.5, 60.7%, 76.9%)
CMYK4.6%, 0%, 60.7%, 23.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,305,485
CSS custom property--colour: #BBC44D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5058WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.12:1
Contrast with white1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#443BB2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2BB3Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1BE54no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Tritanopia#C7B9ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 20.6Khaki · ΔE 20.8Yellow green · ΔE 21.4Olivedrab · ΔE 24.8Olive · ΔE 25.3Goldenrod · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 20.59, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#564DC4
Analogous#C4924D, #80C44D
Triadic#4DBBC4, #C44DBB
Split complementary#4D7FC4, #914DC4
Tetradic#4DC492, #564DC4, #C44D80

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6F7E6
Lighter +30%#E7EAC0
Lighter +20%#D8DD9A
Lighter +10%#CAD173
Darker −10%#9EA737
Darker −20%#7A802B
Darker −30%#565A1E
Darker −40%#313411
More saturated +25%#D4E22F
Less saturated −25%#A2A66B

Channel breakdown

R187
G196
B77
Red187 (73.3%)
Green196 (76.9%)
Blue77 (30.2%)
Hue64.54°
Saturation (HSL)50.21%
Lightness53.53%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BB · G C4 · B 4D

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