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#BBAE16

#bbae16 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bbae16 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 68.24% green and 8.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.95% magenta, 88.24% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 55.27°, with 78.95% saturation and 40.98% 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 9.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 4.84.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4089

Complementary

  1. #bbae16
  2. #1623bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbae16
  2. #1676bb
  3. #5b16bb

Analogous

  1. #bb5b16
  2. #bbae16
  3. #76bb16

Triadic

  1. #bbae16
  2. #16bbae
  3. #ae16bb

Tetradic

  1. #bbae16
  2. #23bb16
  3. #1623bb
  4. #ae16bb

Square

  1. #bbae16
  2. #16bb5b
  3. #1623bb
  4. #bb1676

Monochromatic

  1. #322f06
  2. #776e0e
  3. #bbae16
  4. #e7d936
  5. #efe67b

Shades

#bbae16 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbae16
  2. #a89d14
  3. #968b12
  4. #837a0f
  5. #70680d
  6. #5e570b
  7. #4b4609
  8. #383407
  9. #252304
  10. #131102
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbae16 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbae16
  2. #c2b62d
  3. #c9be45
  4. #cfc65c
  5. #d6ce73
  6. #ddd78b
  7. #e4dfa2
  8. #ebe7b9
  9. #f1efd0
  10. #f8f7e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbae16 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbae16
  2. #b5a921
  3. #afa52b
  4. #a9a036
  5. #a39c40
  6. #9e974b
  7. #989256
  8. #928e60
  9. #8c896b
  10. #868575
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2ac89 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bfa800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c3ae27 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #caa194 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bdaa00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0ae21 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c4a676 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbae16 {
  color: #bbae16;
}
Background
.bg-bbae16 {
  background-color: #bbae16;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbae16 {
  border: 2px solid #bbae16;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbae16;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 174 22;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 79% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbae16 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbae16, #76bb16);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbae16 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 174 22 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.84 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.05 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.39 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.27 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.23 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 9.58 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 10.17 #4451e9 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bbae16  rgb(187, 174, 22)  hsl(55, 79%, 41%)  Old Gold
#1623bb  rgb(22, 35, 187)  hsl(235, 79%, 41%)  Zaffre
#16bbae  rgb(22, 187, 174)  hsl(175, 79%, 41%)  Tiffany Blue
#ae16bb  rgb(174, 22, 187)  hsl(295, 79%, 41%)  Dark Orchid