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#BBB02F

#bbb02f ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bbb02f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 69.02% green and 18.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.88% magenta, 74.87% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 55.29°, with 59.83% saturation and 45.88% 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 Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.13.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4182

Complementary

  1. #bbb02f
  2. #2f3abb

Split complementary

  1. #bbb02f
  2. #2f80bb
  3. #6a2fbb

Analogous

  1. #bb6a2f
  2. #bbb02f
  3. #80bb2f

Triadic

  1. #bbb02f
  2. #2fbbb0
  3. #b02fbb

Tetradic

  1. #bbb02f
  2. #3abb2f
  3. #2f3abb
  4. #b02fbb

Square

  1. #bbb02f
  2. #2fbb6a
  3. #2f3abb
  4. #bb2f80

Monochromatic

  1. #413d10
  2. #7e7620
  3. #bbb02f
  4. #d7ce60
  5. #e6e19d

Shades

#bbb02f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbb02f
  2. #a89e2a
  3. #968d26
  4. #837b21
  5. #706a1c
  6. #5e5818
  7. #4b4613
  8. #38350e
  9. #252309
  10. #131205
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbb02f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbb02f
  2. #c2b844
  3. #c9c059
  4. #cfc86d
  5. #d6d082
  6. #ddd897
  7. #e4dfac
  8. #ebe7c1
  9. #f1efd5
  10. #f8f7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbb02f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbb02f
  2. #b5ab37
  3. #afa63f
  4. #a9a247
  5. #a39d4f
  6. #9e9858
  7. #989360
  8. #928e68
  9. #8c8a70
  10. #868578
  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 #b3ae8c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0aa14 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c4b039 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c9a497 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #beac22 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0b035 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c4a97b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbb02f {
  color: #bbb02f;
}
Background
.bg-bbb02f {
  background-color: #bbb02f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbb02f {
  border: 2px solid #bbb02f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbb02f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 176 47;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 60% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbb02f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbb02f, #80bb2f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbb02f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 176 47 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.13 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.66 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.06 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.42 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.55 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 9.80 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 10.31 #444fd0 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Brass
#bbb02f  rgb(187, 176, 47)  hsl(55, 60%, 46%)  Brass
#2f3abb  rgb(47, 58, 187)  hsl(235, 60%, 46%)  Persian Blue
#2fbbb0  rgb(47, 187, 176)  hsl(175, 60%, 46%)  Tiffany Blue
#b02fbb  rgb(176, 47, 187)  hsl(295, 60%, 46%)  Dark Orchid