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#BAB71E

#bab71e ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bab71e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 71.76% green and 11.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.61% magenta, 83.87% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 58.85°, with 72.22% saturation and 42.35% 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 9.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 6.46.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.444

Complementary

  1. #bab71e
  2. #1e21ba

Split complementary

  1. #bab71e
  2. #1e6fba
  3. #691eba

Analogous

  1. #ba691e
  2. #bab71e
  3. #6fba1e

Triadic

  1. #bab71e
  2. #1ebab7
  3. #b71eba

Tetradic

  1. #bab71e
  2. #21ba1e
  3. #1e21ba
  4. #b71eba

Square

  1. #bab71e
  2. #1eba69
  3. #1e21ba
  4. #ba1e6f

Monochromatic

  1. #363509
  2. #787613
  3. #bab71e
  4. #e1de44
  5. #ebe986

Shades

#bab71e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bab71e
  2. #a7a51b
  3. #959218
  4. #828015
  5. #706e12
  6. #5d5c0f
  7. #4a490c
  8. #383709
  9. #252506
  10. #131203
  11. #000000

Tints

#bab71e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bab71e
  2. #c1be35
  3. #c8c54b
  4. #cfcd62
  5. #d6d478
  6. #dddb8f
  7. #e3e2a5
  8. #eae9bc
  9. #f1f1d2
  10. #f8f8e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bab71e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bab71e
  2. #b4b228
  3. #aeac32
  4. #a9a73b
  5. #a3a145
  6. #9d9c4f
  7. #979659
  8. #919163
  9. #8c8b6c
  10. #868676
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5b48e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7af00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9b42e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c8aa9c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2b200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3b528 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c3b07d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bab71e {
  color: #bab71e;
}
Background
.bg-bab71e {
  background-color: #bab71e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bab71e {
  border: 2px solid #bab71e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bab71e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 183 30;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 72% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bab71e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bab71e, #6fba1e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bab71e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 183 30 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.46 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.89 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.24 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.66 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.81 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.60 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 9.65 #4548e1 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bab71e  rgb(186, 183, 30)  hsl(59, 72%, 42%)  Old Gold
#1e21ba  rgb(30, 33, 186)  hsl(239, 72%, 42%)  Zaffre
#1ebab7  rgb(30, 186, 183)  hsl(179, 72%, 42%)  Tiffany Blue
#b71eba  rgb(183, 30, 186)  hsl(299, 72%, 42%)  Dark Orchid