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#BB953E

#bb953e ≈ Dark Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bb953e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 58.43% green and 24.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.32% magenta, 66.84% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 41.76°, with 50.2% saturation and 48.82% 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 7.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Goldenrod (#b8860b), ΔE 5.84.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3241

Complementary

  1. #bb953e
  2. #3e64bb

Split complementary

  1. #bb953e
  2. #3ea2bb
  3. #563ebb

Analogous

  1. #bb563e
  2. #bb953e
  3. #a2bb3e

Triadic

  1. #bb953e
  2. #3ebb95
  3. #953ebb

Tetradic

  1. #bb953e
  2. #64bb3e
  3. #3e64bb
  4. #953ebb

Square

  1. #bb953e
  2. #3ebb56
  3. #3e64bb
  4. #bb3ea2

Monochromatic

  1. #483918
  2. #82672b
  3. #bb953e
  4. #d1b574
  5. #e4d4ae

Shades

#bb953e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb953e
  2. #a88638
  3. #967732
  4. #83682b
  5. #705925
  6. #5e4b1f
  7. #4b3c19
  8. #382d13
  9. #251e0c
  10. #130f06
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb953e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb953e
  2. #c2a051
  3. #c9aa65
  4. #cfb578
  5. #d6bf8b
  6. #ddca9f
  7. #e4d5b2
  8. #ebdfc5
  9. #f1ead8
  10. #f8f4ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb953e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb953e
  2. #b59345
  3. #af914b
  4. #a98f52
  5. #a38d58
  6. #9e8b5f
  7. #988866
  8. #92866c
  9. #8c8473
  10. #868279
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8987f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a69434 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #af9e42 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ca8882 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #af9538 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b49b40 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c48e6d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb953e {
  color: #bb953e;
}
Background
.bg-bb953e {
  background-color: #bb953e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb953e {
  border: 2px solid #bb953e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb953e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 149 62;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 50% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb953e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb953e, #a2bb3e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb953e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 149 62 / 0.35);
}

#b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 5.84 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.80 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 8.44 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.55 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 8.64 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 9.35 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 9.79 #446ac1 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Dark Goldenrod
#bb953e  rgb(187, 149, 62)  hsl(42, 50%, 49%)  Dark Goldenrod
#3e64bb  rgb(62, 100, 187)  hsl(222, 50%, 49%)  Denim
#3ebb95  rgb(62, 187, 149)  hsl(162, 50%, 49%)  Mint
#953ebb  rgb(149, 62, 187)  hsl(282, 50%, 49%)  Dark Orchid