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#BB970C

#bb970c ≈ Dark Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bb970c is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 59.22% green and 4.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.25% magenta, 93.58% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 47.66°, 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 7.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Goldenrod (#b8860b), ΔE 6.66.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3272

Complementary

  1. #bb970c
  2. #0c30bb

Split complementary

  1. #bb970c
  2. #0c87bb
  3. #400cbb

Analogous

  1. #bb400c
  2. #bb970c
  3. #87bb0c

Triadic

  1. #bb970c
  2. #0cbb97
  3. #970cbb

Tetradic

  1. #bb970c
  2. #30bb0c
  3. #0c30bb
  4. #970cbb

Square

  1. #bb970c
  2. #0cbb40
  3. #0c30bb
  4. #bb0c87

Monochromatic

  1. #2b2303
  2. #735d07
  3. #bb970c
  4. #f1c623
  5. #f5d96b

Shades

#bb970c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb970c
  2. #a8880b
  3. #96790a
  4. #836a08
  5. #705b07
  6. #5e4c06
  7. #4b3c05
  8. #382d04
  9. #251e02
  10. #130f01
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb970c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb970c
  2. #c2a124
  3. #c9ac3d
  4. #cfb655
  5. #d6c16d
  6. #ddcb86
  7. #e4d59e
  8. #ebe0b6
  9. #f1eace
  10. #f8f5e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb970c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb970c
  2. #b59518
  3. #af9223
  4. #a9902f
  5. #a38e3a
  6. #9e8c46
  7. #988952
  8. #92875d
  9. #8c8569
  10. #868274
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9997b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aa9500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b39f1b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cb8980 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b19600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b69c16 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c58f66 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb970c {
  color: #bb970c;
}
Background
.bg-bb970c {
  background-color: #bb970c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb970c {
  border: 2px solid #bb970c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb970c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 151 12;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 88% 39%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb970c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb970c, #87bb0c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb970c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 151 12 / 0.35);
}

#b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 6.66 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.83 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.08 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.60 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.68 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 9.89 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.91 #4468f3 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Dark Goldenrod
#bb970c  rgb(187, 151, 12)  hsl(48, 88%, 39%)  Dark Goldenrod
#0c30bb  rgb(12, 48, 187)  hsl(228, 88%, 39%)  Persian Blue
#0cbb97  rgb(12, 187, 151)  hsl(168, 88%, 39%)  Mint
#970cbb  rgb(151, 12, 187)  hsl(288, 88%, 39%)  Dark Violet