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#BBB05F

#bbb05f ≈ Dark Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bbb05f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 69.02% green and 37.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.88% magenta, 49.2% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 52.83°, with 40.35% saturation and 55.29% 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 9.49:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Khaki (#bdb76b), ΔE 2.49.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.4244

Complementary

  1. #bbb05f
  2. #5f6abb

Split complementary

  1. #bbb05f
  2. #5f98bb
  3. #825fbb

Analogous

  1. #bb825f
  2. #bbb05f
  3. #98bb5f

Triadic

  1. #bbb05f
  2. #5fbbb0
  3. #b05fbb

Tetradic

  1. #bbb05f
  2. #6abb5f
  3. #5f6abb
  4. #b05fbb

Square

  1. #bbb05f
  2. #5fbb82
  3. #5f6abb
  4. #bb5f98

Monochromatic

  1. #5b5426
  2. #90863d
  3. #bbb05f
  4. #d2cb95
  5. #e9e5ca

Shades

#bbb05f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbb05f
  2. #a89e56
  3. #968d4c
  4. #837b43
  5. #706a39
  6. #5e5830
  7. #4b4626
  8. #38351d
  9. #252313
  10. #13120a
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbb05f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbb05f
  2. #c2b86f
  3. #c9c07f
  4. #cfc88f
  5. #d6d09f
  6. #ddd8af
  7. #e4dfbf
  8. #ebe7cf
  9. #f1efdf
  10. #f8f7ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbb05f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbb05f
  2. #b5ab62
  3. #afa666
  4. #a9a269
  5. #a39d6c
  6. #9e9870
  7. #989373
  8. #928e76
  9. #8c8a79
  10. #86857d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3af95 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bdab58 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0b063 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c7a69d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bcad5b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #beb061 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c2aa88 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbb05f {
  color: #bbb05f;
}
Background
.bg-bbb05f {
  background-color: #bbb05f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbb05f {
  border: 2px solid #bbb05f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbb05f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 176 95;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 40% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbb05f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbb05f, #98bb5f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbb05f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 176 95 / 0.35);
}

#bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 2.49 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 2.80 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.23 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 6.64 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.05 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 7.86 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.79 #444fa0 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Dark Khaki
#bbb05f  rgb(187, 176, 95)  hsl(53, 40%, 55%)  Dark Khaki
#5f6abb  rgb(95, 106, 187)  hsl(233, 40%, 55%)  Royal Blue
#5fbbb0  rgb(95, 187, 176)  hsl(173, 40%, 55%)  Verdigris
#b05fbb  rgb(176, 95, 187)  hsl(293, 40%, 55%)  Medium Orchid