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#BBAC17

#bbac17 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bbac17 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 9.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.02% magenta, 87.7% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 54.51°, with 78.1% saturation and 41.18% 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 9.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 4.69.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4013

Complementary

  1. #bbac17
  2. #1726bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbac17
  2. #1778bb
  3. #5a17bb

Analogous

  1. #bb5a17
  2. #bbac17
  3. #78bb17

Triadic

  1. #bbac17
  2. #17bbac
  3. #ac17bb

Tetradic

  1. #bbac17
  2. #26bb17
  3. #1726bb
  4. #ac17bb

Square

  1. #bbac17
  2. #17bb5a
  3. #1726bb
  4. #bb1778

Monochromatic

  1. #332f06
  2. #776d0f
  3. #bbac17
  4. #e7d738
  5. #efe47c

Shades

#bbac17 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbac17
  2. #a89b15
  3. #968a12
  4. #837810
  5. #70670e
  6. #5e560c
  7. #4b4509
  8. #383407
  9. #252205
  10. #131102
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbac17 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbac17
  2. #c2b42e
  3. #c9bd45
  4. #cfc55d
  5. #d6cd74
  6. #ddd68b
  7. #e4dea2
  8. #ebe6b9
  9. #f1eed1
  10. #f8f7e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbac17 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbac17
  2. #b5a822
  3. #afa32c
  4. #a99f37
  5. #a39a41
  6. #9e964c
  7. #989256
  8. #928d61
  9. #8c896b
  10. #868476
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.03:1 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 #c1ad27 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ca9f93 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bca900 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bfad21 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c4a475 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbac17 {
  color: #bbac17;
}
Background
.bg-bbac17 {
  background-color: #bbac17;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbac17 {
  border: 2px solid #bbac17;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbac17;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 172 23;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 78% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbac17 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbac17, #78bb17);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbac17 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 172 23 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.69 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.69 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.28 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.85 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.32 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.87 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 9.98 #4453e8 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bbac17  rgb(187, 172, 23)  hsl(55, 78%, 41%)  Old Gold
#1726bb  rgb(23, 38, 187)  hsl(235, 78%, 41%)  Zaffre
#17bbac  rgb(23, 187, 172)  hsl(175, 78%, 41%)  Light Sea Green
#ac17bb  rgb(172, 23, 187)  hsl(295, 78%, 41%)  Dark Orchid