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#BB9848

#bb9848 ≈ Dark Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bb9848 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 28.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.72% magenta, 61.5% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 41.74°, with 45.82% saturation and 50.78% 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 7.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Goldenrod (#b8860b), ΔE 7.26.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3349

Complementary

  1. #bb9848
  2. #486bbb

Split complementary

  1. #bb9848
  2. #48a4bb
  3. #5e48bb

Analogous

  1. #bb5e48
  2. #bb9848
  3. #a4bb48

Triadic

  1. #bb9848
  2. #48bb98
  3. #9848bb

Tetradic

  1. #bb9848
  2. #6bbb48
  3. #486bbb
  4. #9848bb

Square

  1. #bb9848
  2. #48bb5e
  3. #486bbb
  4. #bb48a4

Monochromatic

  1. #4d3e1d
  2. #856c31
  3. #bb9848
  4. #d0b780
  5. #e4d7b8

Shades

#bb9848 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb9848
  2. #a88941
  3. #967a3a
  4. #836a32
  5. #705b2b
  6. #5e4c24
  7. #4b3d1d
  8. #382e16
  9. #251e0e
  10. #130f07
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb9848 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb9848
  2. #c2a25a
  3. #c9ad6d
  4. #cfb77f
  5. #d6c191
  6. #ddcca4
  7. #e4d6b6
  8. #ebe0c8
  9. #f1eada
  10. #f8f5ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb9848 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb9848
  2. #b5964e
  3. #af9353
  4. #a99159
  5. #a38e5e
  6. #9e8c64
  7. #988a6a
  8. #92876f
  9. #8c8575
  10. #86827a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aa9b83 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a89740 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b1a04b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ca8c86 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b09743 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b59d4a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c49172 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb9848 {
  color: #bb9848;
}
Background
.bg-bb9848 {
  background-color: #bb9848;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb9848 {
  border: 2px solid #bb9848;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb9848;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 152 72;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 46% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb9848 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb9848, #a4bb48);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb9848 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 152 72 / 0.35);
}

#b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 7.26 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.78 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 7.79 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 8.24 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.39 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.97 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 9.12 #4467b7 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Dark Goldenrod
#bb9848  rgb(187, 152, 72)  hsl(42, 46%, 51%)  Dark Goldenrod
#486bbb  rgb(72, 107, 187)  hsl(222, 46%, 51%)  Royal Blue
#48bb98  rgb(72, 187, 152)  hsl(162, 46%, 51%)  Mint
#9848bb  rgb(152, 72, 187)  hsl(282, 46%, 51%)  Purpureus