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#BB983E

#bb983e ≈ Dark Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bb983e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 59.61% green and 24.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.72% magenta, 66.84% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 43.2°, 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 7.67:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Goldenrod (#b8860b), ΔE 6.74.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3337

Complementary

  1. #bb983e
  2. #3e61bb

Split complementary

  1. #bb983e
  2. #3e9fbb
  3. #593ebb

Analogous

  1. #bb593e
  2. #bb983e
  3. #9fbb3e

Triadic

  1. #bb983e
  2. #3ebb98
  3. #983ebb

Tetradic

  1. #bb983e
  2. #61bb3e
  3. #3e61bb
  4. #983ebb

Square

  1. #bb983e
  2. #3ebb59
  3. #3e61bb
  4. #bb3e9f

Monochromatic

  1. #483b18
  2. #82692b
  3. #bb983e
  4. #d1b774
  5. #e4d5ae

Shades

#bb983e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb983e
  2. #a88938
  3. #967a32
  4. #836a2b
  5. #705b25
  6. #5e4c1f
  7. #4b3d19
  8. #382e13
  9. #251e0c
  10. #130f06
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb983e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb983e
  2. #c2a251
  3. #c9ad65
  4. #cfb778
  5. #d6c18b
  6. #ddcc9f
  7. #e4d6b2
  8. #ebe0c5
  9. #f1ead8
  10. #f8f5ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb983e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb983e
  2. #b59645
  3. #af934b
  4. #a99152
  5. #a38e58
  6. #9e8c5f
  7. #988a66
  8. #92876c
  9. #8c8573
  10. #868279
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a99b81 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a99733 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b1a042 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ca8c85 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b09738 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b59d40 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c4916f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb983e {
  color: #bb983e;
}
Background
.bg-bb983e {
  background-color: #bb983e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb983e {
  border: 2px solid #bb983e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb983e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 152 62;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 50% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb983e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb983e, #9fbb3e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb983e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 152 62 / 0.35);
}

#b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 6.74 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.12 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.49 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.57 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.70 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 9.28 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 9.31 #4467c1 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Dark Goldenrod
#bb983e  rgb(187, 152, 62)  hsl(43, 50%, 49%)  Dark Goldenrod
#3e61bb  rgb(62, 97, 187)  hsl(223, 50%, 49%)  Denim
#3ebb98  rgb(62, 187, 152)  hsl(163, 50%, 49%)  Mint
#983ebb  rgb(152, 62, 187)  hsl(283, 50%, 49%)  Dark Orchid