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#BAB91C

#bab91c ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bab91c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 72.55% green and 10.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0.54% magenta, 84.95% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 59.62°, with 73.83% saturation and 41.96% 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 10.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 6.94.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4522

Complementary

  1. #bab91c
  2. #1c1dba

Split complementary

  1. #bab91c
  2. #1c6cba
  3. #6a1cba

Analogous

  1. #ba6a1c
  2. #bab91c
  3. #6cba1c

Triadic

  1. #bab91c
  2. #1cbab9
  3. #b91cba

Tetradic

  1. #bab91c
  2. #1dba1c
  3. #1c1dba
  4. #b91cba

Square

  1. #bab91c
  2. #1cba6a
  3. #1c1dba
  4. #ba1c6c

Monochromatic

  1. #353508
  2. #787712
  3. #bab91c
  4. #e2e140
  5. #ecec83

Shades

#bab91c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bab91c
  2. #a7a719
  3. #959416
  4. #828214
  5. #706f11
  6. #5d5d0e
  7. #4a4a0b
  8. #383808
  9. #252506
  10. #131303
  11. #000000

Tints

#bab91c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bab91c
  2. #c1c033
  3. #c8c749
  4. #cfce60
  5. #d6d577
  6. #dddc8e
  7. #e3e3a4
  8. #eaeabb
  9. #f1f1d2
  10. #f8f8e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bab91c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bab91c
  2. #b4b326
  3. #aeae30
  4. #a9a83a
  5. #a3a244
  6. #9d9d4e
  7. #979758
  8. #919162
  9. #8c8b6c
  10. #868676
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b6b68f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c9b100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbb52d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c8ac9e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c3b400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4b727 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c3b27e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bab91c {
  color: #bab91c;
}
Background
.bg-bab91c {
  background-color: #bab91c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bab91c {
  border: 2px solid #bab91c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bab91c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 185 28;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 74% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bab91c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bab91c, #6cba1c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bab91c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 185 28 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.94 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.49 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.68 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.49 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.04 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 9.33 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 10.09 #4546e3 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bab91c  rgb(186, 185, 28)  hsl(60, 74%, 42%)  Old Gold
#1c1dba  rgb(28, 29, 186)  hsl(240, 74%, 42%)  Medium Blue
#1cbab9  rgb(28, 186, 185)  hsl(180, 74%, 42%)  Tiffany Blue
#b91cba  rgb(185, 28, 186)  hsl(300, 74%, 42%)  Dark Orchid