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#BBB216

#bbb216 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bbb216 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 69.8% green and 8.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.81% magenta, 88.24% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 56.73°, 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 9.49:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 5.37.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4246

Complementary

  1. #bbb216
  2. #161fbb

Split complementary

  1. #bbb216
  2. #1671bb
  3. #6016bb

Analogous

  1. #bb6016
  2. #bbb216
  3. #71bb16

Triadic

  1. #bbb216
  2. #16bbb2
  3. #b216bb

Tetradic

  1. #bbb216
  2. #1fbb16
  3. #161fbb
  4. #b216bb

Square

  1. #bbb216
  2. #16bb60
  3. #161fbb
  4. #bb1671

Monochromatic

  1. #323006
  2. #77710e
  3. #bbb216
  4. #e7de36
  5. #efe97b

Shades

#bbb216 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbb216
  2. #a8a014
  3. #968e12
  4. #837d0f
  5. #706b0d
  6. #5e590b
  7. #4b4709
  8. #383507
  9. #252404
  10. #131202
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbb216 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbb216
  2. #c2ba2d
  3. #c9c145
  4. #cfc95c
  5. #d6d173
  6. #ddd98b
  7. #e4e0a2
  8. #ebe8b9
  9. #f1f0d0
  10. #f8f7e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbb216 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbb216
  2. #b5ad21
  3. #afa82b
  4. #a9a336
  5. #a39e40
  6. #9e994b
  7. #989456
  8. #928f60
  9. #8c8a6b
  10. #868575
  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 #b3b08b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3ab00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c6b128 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #caa598 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c0ae00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c2b122 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c4aa79 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbb216 {
  color: #bbb216;
}
Background
.bg-bbb216 {
  background-color: #bbb216;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbb216 {
  border: 2px solid #bbb216;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbb216;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 178 22;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 79% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbb216 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbb216, #71bb16);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbb216 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 178 22 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.37 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.86 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.72 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.19 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.92 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.10 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 10.86 #444de9 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bbb216  rgb(187, 178, 22)  hsl(57, 79%, 41%)  Old Gold
#161fbb  rgb(22, 31, 187)  hsl(237, 79%, 41%)  Medium Blue
#16bbb2  rgb(22, 187, 178)  hsl(177, 79%, 41%)  Tiffany Blue
#b216bb  rgb(178, 22, 187)  hsl(297, 79%, 41%)  Dark Orchid