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#BBAB3A

#bbab3a ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bbab3a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 67.06% green and 22.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.56% magenta, 68.98% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 52.56°, with 52.65% saturation and 48.04% 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 9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 2.13.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4

Complementary

  1. #bbab3a
  2. #3a4abb

Split complementary

  1. #bbab3a
  2. #3a8abb
  3. #6b3abb

Analogous

  1. #bb6b3a
  2. #bbab3a
  3. #8abb3a

Triadic

  1. #bbab3a
  2. #3abbab
  3. #ab3abb

Tetradic

  1. #bbab3a
  2. #4abb3a
  3. #3a4abb
  4. #ab3abb

Square

  1. #bbab3a
  2. #3abb6b
  3. #3a4abb
  4. #bb3a8a

Monochromatic

  1. #464016
  2. #817628
  3. #bbab3a
  4. #d2c66f
  5. #e4ddaa

Shades

#bbab3a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbab3a
  2. #a89a34
  3. #96892e
  4. #837829
  5. #706723
  6. #5e561d
  7. #4b4417
  8. #383311
  9. #25220c
  10. #131106
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbab3a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbab3a
  2. #c2b34e
  3. #c9bc61
  4. #cfc475
  5. #d6cd89
  6. #ddd59d
  7. #e4ddb0
  8. #ebe6c4
  9. #f1eed8
  10. #f8f7eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbab3a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbab3a
  2. #b5a741
  3. #afa248
  4. #a99e4f
  5. #a39a56
  6. #9e965d
  7. #989164
  8. #928d6b
  9. #8c8972
  10. #868479
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1aa8b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bba62a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bfac41 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c99f94 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bba831 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #beac3e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c4a47a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbab3a {
  color: #bbab3a;
}
Background
.bg-bbab3a {
  background-color: #bbab3a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbab3a {
  border: 2px solid #bbab3a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbab3a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 171 58;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 53% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbab3a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbab3a, #8abb3a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbab3a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 171 58 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.13 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 3.86 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.34 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.31 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 6.98 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.52 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 10.35 #4454c5 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Brass
#bbab3a  rgb(187, 171, 58)  hsl(53, 53%, 48%)  Brass
#3a4abb  rgb(58, 74, 187)  hsl(233, 53%, 48%)  Ocean Blue
#3abbab  rgb(58, 187, 171)  hsl(173, 53%, 48%)  Light Sea Green
#ab3abb  rgb(171, 58, 187)  hsl(293, 53%, 48%)  Purpureus