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Recognised as Colour

#BBC48D

  • #BBC48D
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#BBC48D is a yellow with RGB values 187, 196, 141 and HSL 70°, 32%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#BBC48D#BBC48D
HEX#BBC48D
RGBrgb(187, 196, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.7686, 0.5529
RGB percentages73.3%, 76.9%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(69.8, 31.8%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(69.8, 28.1%, 76.9%)
CMYK4.6%, 0%, 28.1%, 23.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,305,549
CSS custom property--colour: #BBC48D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51968WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.39:1
Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#443B72

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CCBE89no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBBF8Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Tritanopia#C1BEB6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 13.6Pale goldenrod · ΔE 15.3Dark seagreen · ΔE 15.4Tan · ΔE 17.5Wheat · ΔE 18.5Burlywood · ΔE 19.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 13.65, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#968DC4
Analogous#C4B28D, #9FC48D
Triadic#8DBBC4, #C48DBB
Split complementary#8D9FC4, #B28DC4
Tetradic#8DC4B2, #968DC4, #C48D9F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7F8F2
Lighter +20%#E3E7D0
Lighter +10%#CFD5AF
Darker −10%#A7B36B
Darker −20%#8F9B50
Darker −30%#70793F
Darker −40%#51582D
More saturated +25%#CADA77
Less saturated −25%#ACAEA3

Channel breakdown

R187
G196
B141
Red187 (73.3%)
Green196 (76.9%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue69.82°
Saturation (HSL)31.79%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BB · G C4 · B 8D

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