Colour

#BCC86B

#BCC86B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#BCC86B is a yellow with RGB values 188, 200, 107 and HSL 68°, 46%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#BCC86B

RGBrgb(188, 200, 107)

RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.7843, 0.4196

RGB percentages73.7%, 78.4%, 42%

HSLhsl(67.7, 45.8%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(67.7, 46.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK6%, 0%, 46.5%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,372,075

CSS custom property--colour: #BCC86B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53061WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness188 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.61:1

Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF

Inverted#433794

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D3C063no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#D3C170no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original

Tritanopia#C5BFB2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 11.6 Khaki · ΔE 15.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 21.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.9 Dark seagreen · ΔE 28.1 Burlywood · ΔE 29

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 11.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#776BC8

Analogous#C8A56B, #8DC86B

Triadic#6BBCC8, #C86BBC

Split complementary#6B8DC8, #A56BC8

Tetradic#6BC8A6, #776BC8, #C86B8E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EEF1DB

Lighter +20%#DEE4B5

Lighter +10%#CDD690

Darker −10%#ABBA46

Darker −20%#899538

Darker −30%#67702A

Darker −40%#454B1C

More saturated +25%#CFE152

Less saturated −25%#A9AF84

Channel breakdown

R188

G200

B107

Red188 (73.7%)

Green200 (78.4%)

Blue107 (42%)

Hue67.74°

Saturation (HSL)45.81%

Lightness60.2%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR BC · G C8 · B 6B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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