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#BBAE67

#bbae67 ≈ Dark Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bbae67 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 68.24% green and 40.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.95% magenta, 44.92% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 50.71°, with 38.18% saturation and 56.86% 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 9.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Khaki (#bdb76b), ΔE 3.09.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.4182

Complementary

  1. #bbae67
  2. #6774bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbae67
  2. #679ebb
  3. #8467bb

Analogous

  1. #bb8467
  2. #bbae67
  3. #9ebb67

Triadic

  1. #bbae67
  2. #67bbae
  3. #ae67bb

Tetradic

  1. #bbae67
  2. #74bb67
  3. #6774bb
  4. #ae67bb

Square

  1. #bbae67
  2. #67bb84
  3. #6774bb
  4. #bb679e

Monochromatic

  1. #5f572a
  2. #938742
  3. #bbae67
  4. #d3ca9c
  5. #eae6d1

Shades

#bbae67 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbae67
  2. #a89d5d
  3. #968b52
  4. #837a48
  5. #70683e
  6. #5e5734
  7. #4b4629
  8. #38341f
  9. #252315
  10. #13110a
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbae67 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbae67
  2. #c2b676
  3. #c9be85
  4. #cfc695
  5. #d6cea4
  6. #ddd7b3
  7. #e4dfc2
  8. #ebe7d1
  9. #f1efe1
  10. #f8f7f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbae67 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbae67
  2. #b5a96a
  3. #afa56c
  4. #a9a06f
  5. #a39c71
  6. #9e9774
  7. #989276
  8. #928e79
  9. #8c897b
  10. #86857e
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3ad96 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #baaa61 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #beaf6a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c6a59d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bbac64 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bdaf69 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c2a98a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbae67 {
  color: #bbae67;
}
Background
.bg-bbae67 {
  background-color: #bbae67;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbae67 {
  border: 2px solid #bbae67;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbae67;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 174 103;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 38% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbae67 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbae67, #9ebb67);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbae67 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 174 103 / 0.35);
}

#bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 3.09 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 3.85 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 4.94 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.27 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 6.66 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.16 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.31 #445198 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Dark Khaki
#bbae67  rgb(187, 174, 103)  hsl(51, 38%, 57%)  Dark Khaki
#6774bb  rgb(103, 116, 187)  hsl(231, 38%, 57%)  Glaucous
#67bbae  rgb(103, 187, 174)  hsl(171, 38%, 57%)  Verdigris
#ae67bb  rgb(174, 103, 187)  hsl(291, 38%, 57%)  Medium Orchid