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#BBB218

#bbb218 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bbb218 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 9.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.81% magenta, 87.17% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 56.69°, with 77.25% saturation and 41.37% 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 5.33.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4247

Complementary

  1. #bbb218
  2. #1821bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbb218
  2. #1872bb
  3. #6118bb

Analogous

  1. #bb6118
  2. #bbb218
  3. #72bb18

Triadic

  1. #bbb218
  2. #18bbb2
  3. #b218bb

Tetradic

  1. #bbb218
  2. #21bb18
  3. #1821bb
  4. #b218bb

Square

  1. #bbb218
  2. #18bb61
  3. #1821bb
  4. #bb1872

Monochromatic

  1. #333107
  2. #77710f
  3. #bbb218
  4. #e6dc3a
  5. #eee87e

Shades

#bbb218 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbb218
  2. #a8a016
  3. #968e13
  4. #837d11
  5. #706b0e
  6. #5e590c
  7. #4b470a
  8. #383507
  9. #252405
  10. #131202
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbb218 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbb218
  2. #c2ba2f
  3. #c9c146
  4. #cfc95d
  5. #d6d174
  6. #ddd98c
  7. #e4e0a3
  8. #ebe8ba
  9. #f1f0d1
  10. #f8f7e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbb218 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbb218
  2. #b5ad22
  3. #afa82d
  4. #a9a337
  5. #a39e42
  6. #9e994c
  7. #989456
  8. #928f61
  9. #8c8a6b
  10. #868576
  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 #b4b08b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2ab00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c6b129 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #caa598 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c0ae00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c2b123 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c4aa79 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbb218 {
  color: #bbb218;
}
Background
.bg-bbb218 {
  background-color: #bbb218;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbb218 {
  border: 2px solid #bbb218;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbb218;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 178 24;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 77% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbb218 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbb218, #72bb18);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbb218 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 178 24 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.33 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.79 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.64 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.17 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.95 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.01 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 10.84 #444de7 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bbb218  rgb(187, 178, 24)  hsl(57, 77%, 41%)  Old Gold
#1821bb  rgb(24, 33, 187)  hsl(237, 77%, 41%)  Medium Blue
#18bbb2  rgb(24, 187, 178)  hsl(177, 77%, 41%)  Tiffany Blue
#b218bb  rgb(178, 24, 187)  hsl(297, 77%, 41%)  Dark Orchid