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#BBAC14

#bbac14 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bbac14 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 67.45% green and 7.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.02% magenta, 89.3% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 54.61°, with 80.68% saturation and 40.59% 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 9.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 4.74.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4012

Complementary

  1. #bbac14
  2. #1423bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbac14
  2. #1477bb
  3. #5914bb

Analogous

  1. #bb5914
  2. #bbac14
  3. #77bb14

Triadic

  1. #bbac14
  2. #14bbac
  3. #ac14bb

Tetradic

  1. #bbac14
  2. #23bb14
  3. #1423bb
  4. #ac14bb

Square

  1. #bbac14
  2. #14bb59
  3. #1423bb
  4. #bb1477

Monochromatic

  1. #312d05
  2. #766c0d
  3. #bbac14
  4. #e9d932
  5. #f1e677

Shades

#bbac14 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbac14
  2. #a89b12
  3. #968a10
  4. #83780e
  5. #70670c
  6. #5e560a
  7. #4b4508
  8. #383406
  9. #252204
  10. #131102
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbac14 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbac14
  2. #c2b42c
  3. #c9bd43
  4. #cfc55b
  5. #d6cd72
  6. #ddd68a
  7. #e4dea1
  8. #ebe6b9
  9. #f1eed0
  10. #f8f7e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbac14 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbac14
  2. #b5a81f
  3. #afa32a
  4. #a99f34
  5. #a39a3f
  6. #9e964a
  7. #989255
  8. #928d60
  9. #8c896a
  10. #868475
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1ab87 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bda600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c1ad25 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ca9f93 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bca900 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bfac1f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c4a475 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbac14 {
  color: #bbac14;
}
Background
.bg-bbac14 {
  background-color: #bbac14;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbac14 {
  border: 2px solid #bbac14;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbac14;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 172 20;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 81% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbac14 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbac14, #77bb14);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbac14 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 172 20 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.74 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.82 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.40 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.89 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.45 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.89 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 9.94 #4453eb Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bbac14  rgb(187, 172, 20)  hsl(55, 81%, 41%)  Old Gold
#1423bb  rgb(20, 35, 187)  hsl(235, 81%, 41%)  Zaffre
#14bbac  rgb(20, 187, 172)  hsl(175, 81%, 41%)  Light Sea Green
#ac14bb  rgb(172, 20, 187)  hsl(295, 81%, 41%)  Dark Orchid