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#B3AA60

#b3aa60 ≈ Dark Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#b3aa60 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.2% red, 66.67% green and 37.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.03% magenta, 46.37% yellow and 29.8% black. Its hue angle is 53.49°, with 35.32% saturation and 53.92% 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 8.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Khaki (#bdb76b), ΔE 3.6.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.3918

Complementary

  1. #b3aa60
  2. #6069b3

Split complementary

  1. #b3aa60
  2. #6093b3
  3. #8060b3

Analogous

  1. #b38060
  2. #b3aa60
  3. #93b360

Triadic

  1. #b3aa60
  2. #60b3aa
  3. #aa60b3

Tetradic

  1. #b3aa60
  2. #69b360
  3. #6069b3
  4. #aa60b3

Square

  1. #b3aa60
  2. #60b380
  3. #6069b3
  4. #b36093

Monochromatic

  1. #534e27
  2. #867f40
  3. #b3aa60
  4. #ccc694
  5. #e4e1c8

Shades

#b3aa60 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b3aa60
  2. #a19956
  3. #8f884d
  4. #7d7743
  5. #6b663a
  6. #5a5530
  7. #484426
  8. #36331d
  9. #242213
  10. #12110a
  11. #000000

Tints

#b3aa60 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b3aa60
  2. #bbb370
  3. #c2bb80
  4. #cac490
  5. #d1cca0
  6. #d9d5b0
  7. #e1ddbf
  8. #e8e6cf
  9. #f0eedf
  10. #f7f7ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b3aa60 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b3aa60
  2. #aea663
  3. #a9a266
  4. #a49d6a
  5. #9f996d
  6. #9a9570
  7. #949173
  8. #8f8d76
  9. #8a887a
  10. #85847d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ada991 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6a65a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9aa63 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bea198 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b5a75c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b7aa62 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #baa585 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b3aa60 {
  color: #b3aa60;
}
Background
.bg-b3aa60 {
  background-color: #b3aa60;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b3aa60 {
  border: 2px solid #b3aa60;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b3aa60;
  --color-primary-rgb: 179 170 96;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 35% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b3aa60 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b3aa60, #93b360);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b3aa60 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(179 170 96 / 0.35);
}

#bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 3.60 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.59 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.74 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 6.42 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 7.46 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.83 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 10.09 #4c559f Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Dark Khaki
#b3aa60  rgb(179, 170, 96)  hsl(53, 35%, 54%)  Dark Khaki
#6069b3  rgb(96, 105, 179)  hsl(233, 35%, 54%)  Slate Blue
#60b3aa  rgb(96, 179, 170)  hsl(173, 35%, 54%)  Verdigris
#aa60b3  rgb(170, 96, 179)  hsl(293, 35%, 54%)  Medium Orchid