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#B1B353

#b1b353 ≈ Dark Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#b1b353 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.41% red, 70.2% green and 32.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 1.12% cyan, 0% magenta, 53.63% yellow and 29.8% black. Its hue angle is 61.25°, with 38.71% saturation and 51.37% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Khaki (#bdb76b), ΔE 4.11.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#99cc66
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Relative luminance0.4221

Complementary

  1. #b1b353
  2. #5553b3

Split complementary

  1. #b1b353
  2. #5381b3
  3. #8553b3

Analogous

  1. #b38553
  2. #b1b353
  3. #81b353

Triadic

  1. #b1b353
  2. #53b1b3
  3. #b353b1

Tetradic

  1. #b1b353
  2. #53b355
  3. #5553b3
  4. #b353b1

Square

  1. #b1b353
  2. #53b385
  3. #5553b3
  4. #b35381

Monochromatic

  1. #4b4c21
  2. #7f8139
  3. #b1b353
  4. #c9ca88
  5. #e1e2bd

Shades

#b1b353 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b1b353
  2. #9fa14b
  3. #8e8f42
  4. #7c7d3a
  5. #6a6b32
  6. #595a2a
  7. #474821
  8. #353619
  9. #232411
  10. #121208
  11. #000000

Tints

#b1b353 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b1b353
  2. #b9bb64
  3. #c1c275
  4. #c8ca87
  5. #d0d198
  6. #d8d9a9
  7. #e0e1ba
  8. #e8e8cb
  9. #eff0dd
  10. #f7f7ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b1b353 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b1b353
  2. #acae58
  3. #a7a95c
  4. #a2a461
  5. #9d9f65
  6. #999a6a
  7. #94946e
  8. #8f8f73
  9. #8a8a77
  10. #85857c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afb092 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bfac4a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0af58 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bca99e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #baaf4d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bab156 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b8ad86 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b1b353 {
  color: #b1b353;
}
Background
.bg-b1b353 {
  background-color: #b1b353;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b1b353 {
  border: 2px solid #b1b353;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b1b353;
  --color-primary-rgb: 177 179 83;
  --color-primary-hsl: 61 39% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b1b353 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b1b353, #81b353);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b1b353 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(177 179 83 / 0.35);
}

#bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 4.11 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.73 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.80 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.77 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 9.32 #9ab973 Olivine ΔE 9.49 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 9.77 #4e4cac Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Dark Khaki
#b1b353  rgb(177, 179, 83)  hsl(61, 39%, 51%)  Dark Khaki
#5553b3  rgb(85, 83, 179)  hsl(241, 39%, 51%)  Iris
#53b1b3  rgb(83, 177, 179)  hsl(181, 39%, 51%)  Verdigris
#b353b1  rgb(179, 83, 177)  hsl(301, 39%, 51%)  Purpureus