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#B6B68E

#b6b68e ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#b6b68e is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 71.37% red, 71.37% green and 55.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 21.98% yellow and 28.63% black. Its hue angle is 60°, with 21.51% saturation and 63.53% 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 10.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 2.21.

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Relative luminance0.4535

Complementary

  1. #b6b68e
  2. #8e8eb6

Split complementary

  1. #b6b68e
  2. #8ea2b6
  3. #a28eb6

Analogous

  1. #b6a28e
  2. #b6b68e
  3. #a2b68e

Triadic

  1. #b6b68e
  2. #8eb6b6
  3. #b68eb6

Tetradic

  1. #b6b68e
  2. #8eb68e
  3. #8e8eb6
  4. #b68eb6

Square

  1. #b6b68e
  2. #8eb6a2
  3. #8e8eb6
  4. #b68ea2

Monochromatic

  1. #686843
  2. #969661
  3. #b6b68e
  4. #d4d4bc
  5. #f2f2eb

Shades

#b6b68e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b6b68e
  2. #a4a480
  3. #929272
  4. #7f7f63
  5. #6d6d55
  6. #5b5b47
  7. #494939
  8. #37372b
  9. #24241c
  10. #12120e
  11. #000000

Tints

#b6b68e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b6b68e
  2. #bdbd99
  3. #c5c5a5
  4. #ccccb0
  5. #d3d3bb
  6. #dbdbc7
  7. #e2e2d2
  8. #e9e9dd
  9. #f0f0e8
  10. #f8f8f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b6b68e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b6b68e
  2. #b1b18d
  3. #abab8b
  4. #a6a68a
  5. #a0a088
  6. #9b9b87
  7. #969686
  8. #909084
  9. #8b8b83
  10. #858581
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4b4a6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bdb38c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #beb48f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bcb1ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bab48d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bbb58f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bab3a0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b6b68e {
  color: #b6b68e;
}
Background
.bg-b6b68e {
  background-color: #b6b68e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b6b68e {
  border: 2px solid #b6b68e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b6b68e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 182 182 142;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 22% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b6b68e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b6b68e, #a2b68e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b6b68e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(182 182 142 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 2.21 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 6.18 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.12 #9ab973 Olivine ΔE 9.92 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 11.55 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 11.57 #87a96b Asparagus ΔE 11.61 #494971 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Sage
#b6b68e  rgb(182, 182, 142)  hsl(60, 22%, 64%)  Sage
#8e8eb6  rgb(142, 142, 182)  hsl(240, 22%, 64%)  Cool Gray
#8eb6b6  rgb(142, 182, 182)  hsl(180, 22%, 64%)  Opal
#b68eb6  rgb(182, 142, 182)  hsl(300, 22%, 64%)  Lilac