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#BB950C

#bb950c ≈ Dark Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bb950c is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 58.43% green and 4.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.32% magenta, 93.58% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 46.97°, with 87.94% saturation and 39.02% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.42:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Goldenrod (#b8860b), ΔE 5.84.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3209

Complementary

  1. #bb950c
  2. #0c32bb

Split complementary

  1. #bb950c
  2. #0c8abb
  3. #3d0cbb

Analogous

  1. #bb3d0c
  2. #bb950c
  3. #8abb0c

Triadic

  1. #bb950c
  2. #0cbb95
  3. #950cbb

Tetradic

  1. #bb950c
  2. #32bb0c
  3. #0c32bb
  4. #950cbb

Square

  1. #bb950c
  2. #0cbb3d
  3. #0c32bb
  4. #bb0c8a

Monochromatic

  1. #2b2203
  2. #735c07
  3. #bb950c
  4. #f1c423
  5. #f5d76b

Shades

#bb950c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb950c
  2. #a8860b
  3. #96770a
  4. #836808
  5. #705907
  6. #5e4b06
  7. #4b3c05
  8. #382d04
  9. #251e02
  10. #130f01
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb950c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb950c
  2. #c2a024
  3. #c9aa3d
  4. #cfb555
  5. #d6bf6d
  6. #ddca86
  7. #e4d59e
  8. #ebdfb6
  9. #f1eace
  10. #f8f4e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb950c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb950c
  2. #b59318
  3. #af9123
  4. #a98f2f
  5. #a38d3a
  6. #9e8b46
  7. #988852
  8. #92865d
  9. #8c8469
  10. #868274
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8987a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a89300 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b19e1a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cb877f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b09400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b59a16 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c58d64 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb950c {
  color: #bb950c;
}
Background
.bg-bb950c {
  background-color: #bb950c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb950c {
  border: 2px solid #bb950c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb950c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 149 12;
  --color-primary-hsl: 47 88% 39%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb950c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb950c, #8abb0c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb950c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 149 12 / 0.35);
}

#b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 5.84 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.83 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.56 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 8.23 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 9.35 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 10.07 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 10.24 #446af3 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Dark Goldenrod
#bb950c  rgb(187, 149, 12)  hsl(47, 88%, 39%)  Dark Goldenrod
#0c32bb  rgb(12, 50, 187)  hsl(227, 88%, 39%)  Persian Blue
#0cbb95  rgb(12, 187, 149)  hsl(167, 88%, 39%)  Mint
#950cbb  rgb(149, 12, 187)  hsl(287, 88%, 39%)  Dark Violet