Colour

#BBC97B

#BBC97B
Green
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#BBC97B is a green with RGB values 187, 201, 123 and HSL 71°, 42%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#BBC97B#BBC97B

HEX#BBC97B

RGBrgb(187, 201, 123)

RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.7882, 0.4824

RGB percentages73.3%, 78.8%, 48.2%

HSLhsl(70.8, 41.9%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(70.8, 38.8%, 78.8%)

CMYK7%, 0%, 38.8%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,306,811

CSS custom property--colour: #BBC97B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53768WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness189.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.75:1

Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0

Inverted#443684

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D3C175no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#D1C27Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.8 from the original

Tritanopia#C3C1B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 9.8 Khaki · ΔE 16.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 17.3 Dark seagreen · ΔE 21.4 Burlywood · ΔE 25.2 Wheat · ΔE 25.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 9.78, clearly different but related

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#897BC9

Analogous#C9B07B, #94C97B

Triadic#7BBBC9, #C97BBB

Split complementary#7B94C9, #B07BC9

Tetradic#7BC9B0, #897BC9, #C97B94

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F3F5E8

Lighter +20%#E0E7C3

Lighter +10%#CED89F

Darker −10%#A8BA57

Darker −20%#8D9E40

Darker −30%#6C7932

Darker −40%#4C5523

More saturated +25%#CAE064

Less saturated −25%#ACB292

Channel breakdown

R187

G201

B123

Red187 (73.3%)

Green201 (78.8%)

Blue123 (48.2%)

Hue70.77°

Saturation (HSL)41.94%

Lightness63.53%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR BB · G C9 · B 7B

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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