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#BBAD34

#bbad34 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bbad34 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 67.84% green and 20.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.49% magenta, 72.19% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 53.78°, with 56.49% saturation and 46.86% 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 9.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.03.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.407

Complementary

  1. #bbad34
  2. #3442bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbad34
  2. #3485bb
  3. #6934bb

Analogous

  1. #bb6934
  2. #bbad34
  3. #85bb34

Triadic

  1. #bbad34
  2. #34bbad
  3. #ad34bb

Tetradic

  1. #bbad34
  2. #42bb34
  3. #3442bb
  4. #ad34bb

Square

  1. #bbad34
  2. #34bb69
  3. #3442bb
  4. #bb3485

Monochromatic

  1. #433e13
  2. #7f7623
  3. #bbad34
  4. #d5c967
  5. #e5dea3

Shades

#bbad34 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbad34
  2. #a89c2f
  3. #968a2a
  4. #837924
  5. #70681f
  6. #5e571a
  7. #4b4515
  8. #383410
  9. #25230a
  10. #131105
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbad34 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbad34
  2. #c2b548
  3. #c9bd5d
  4. #cfc671
  5. #d6ce85
  6. #ddd69a
  7. #e4deae
  8. #ebe6c2
  9. #f1efd6
  10. #f8f7eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbad34 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbad34
  2. #b5a93c
  3. #afa443
  4. #a9a04b
  5. #a39b52
  6. #9e975a
  7. #989262
  8. #928e69
  9. #8c8971
  10. #868578
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2ac8b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bda720 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c1ae3c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c9a195 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bcaa29 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bfad39 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c4a67a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbad34 {
  color: #bbad34;
}
Background
.bg-bbad34 {
  background-color: #bbad34;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbad34 {
  border: 2px solid #bbad34;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbad34;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 173 52;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 56% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbad34 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbad34, #85bb34);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbad34 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 173 52 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.03 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.33 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.41 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.70 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.30 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.79 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 10.54 #4452cb Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Brass
#bbad34  rgb(187, 173, 52)  hsl(54, 56%, 47%)  Brass
#3442bb  rgb(52, 66, 187)  hsl(234, 56%, 47%)  Persian Blue
#34bbad  rgb(52, 187, 173)  hsl(174, 56%, 47%)  Light Sea Green
#ad34bb  rgb(173, 52, 187)  hsl(294, 56%, 47%)  Purpureus