Colour

#BEC48B

#BEC48B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Dark khaki

#BEC48B is a yellow with RGB values 190, 196, 139 and HSL 66°, 33%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#BEC48B

RGBrgb(190, 196, 139)

RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.7686, 0.5451

RGB percentages74.5%, 76.9%, 54.5%

HSLhsl(66.3, 32.6%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(66.3, 29.1%, 76.9%)

CMYK3.1%, 0%, 29.1%, 23.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,502,155

CSS custom property--colour: #BEC48B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52291WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness188.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.46:1

Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF

Inverted#413B74

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CCBF87no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#CCC08Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original

Tritanopia#C5BDB5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 12.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 14.6 Dark seagreen · ΔE 16.9 Tan · ΔE 16.9 Wheat · ΔE 17.9 Burlywood · ΔE 18.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 12.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#918BC4

Analogous#C4AE8B, #A2C48B

Triadic#8BBEC4, #C48BBE

Split complementary#8BA2C4, #AD8BC4

Tetradic#8BC4AD, #918BC4, #C48BA2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F7F8F0

Lighter +20%#E4E6CF

Lighter +10%#D1D5AD

Darker −10%#ABB369

Darker −20%#929A4F

Darker −30%#72793D

Darker −40%#52572C

More saturated +25%#CFDA75

Less saturated −25%#ADAEA1

Channel breakdown

R190

G196

B139

Red190 (74.5%)

Green196 (76.9%)

Blue139 (54.5%)

Hue66.32°

Saturation (HSL)32.57%

Lightness65.69%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR BE · G C4 · B 8B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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