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#BBB11D

#bbb11d ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bbb11d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 69.41% green and 11.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.35% magenta, 84.49% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 56.2°, with 73.15% saturation and 42.35% 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 9.42:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 5.08.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.421

Complementary

  1. #bbb11d
  2. #1d27bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbb11d
  2. #1d76bb
  3. #621dbb

Analogous

  1. #bb621d
  2. #bbb11d
  3. #76bb1d

Triadic

  1. #bbb11d
  2. #1dbbb1
  3. #b11dbb

Tetradic

  1. #bbb11d
  2. #27bb1d
  3. #1d27bb
  4. #b11dbb

Square

  1. #bbb11d
  2. #1dbb62
  3. #1d27bb
  4. #bb1d76

Monochromatic

  1. #373408
  2. #797213
  3. #bbb11d
  4. #e2d843
  5. #ece685

Shades

#bbb11d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbb11d
  2. #a89f1a
  3. #968e17
  4. #837c14
  5. #706a11
  6. #5e590f
  7. #4b470c
  8. #383509
  9. #252306
  10. #131203
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbb11d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbb11d
  2. #c2b934
  3. #c9c14a
  4. #cfc861
  5. #d6d077
  6. #ddd88e
  7. #e4e0a5
  8. #ebe8bb
  9. #f1efd2
  10. #f8f7e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbb11d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbb11d
  2. #b5ac27
  3. #afa731
  4. #a9a23b
  5. #a39d45
  6. #9e994f
  7. #989458
  8. #928f62
  9. #8c8a6c
  10. #868576
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3af8b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1aa00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5b02c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #caa497 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bfad00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c1b127 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c4a979 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbb11d {
  color: #bbb11d;
}
Background
.bg-bbb11d {
  background-color: #bbb11d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbb11d {
  border: 2px solid #bbb11d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbb11d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 177 29;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 73% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbb11d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbb11d, #76bb1d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbb11d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 177 29 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.08 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.35 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.30 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.87 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.77 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 9.18 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 10.62 #444ee2 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bbb11d  rgb(187, 177, 29)  hsl(56, 73%, 42%)  Old Gold
#1d27bb  rgb(29, 39, 187)  hsl(236, 73%, 42%)  Persian Blue
#1dbbb1  rgb(29, 187, 177)  hsl(176, 73%, 42%)  Tiffany Blue
#b11dbb  rgb(177, 29, 187)  hsl(296, 73%, 42%)  Dark Orchid