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#BBB37F

#bbb37f ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#bbb37f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 70.2% green and 49.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.28% magenta, 32.09% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 52°, with 30.61% saturation and 61.57% 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 9.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 2.35.

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Relative luminance0.4434

Complementary

  1. #bbb37f
  2. #7f87bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbb37f
  2. #7fa5bb
  3. #957fbb

Analogous

  1. #bb957f
  2. #bbb37f
  3. #a5bb7f

Triadic

  1. #bbb37f
  2. #7fbbb3
  3. #b37fbb

Tetradic

  1. #bbb37f
  2. #87bb7f
  3. #7f87bb
  4. #b37fbb

Square

  1. #bbb37f
  2. #7fbb95
  3. #7f87bb
  4. #bb7fa5

Monochromatic

  1. #696338
  2. #9b9152
  3. #bbb37f
  4. #d6d1b1
  5. #f0eee3

Shades

#bbb37f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbb37f
  2. #a8a172
  3. #968f66
  4. #837d59
  5. #706b4c
  6. #5e5a40
  7. #4b4833
  8. #383626
  9. #252419
  10. #13120d
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbb37f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbb37f
  2. #c2bb8c
  3. #c9c299
  4. #cfcaa5
  5. #d6d1b2
  6. #ddd9bf
  7. #e4e1cc
  8. #ebe8d9
  9. #f1f0e5
  10. #f8f7f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbb37f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbb37f
  2. #b5ae7f
  3. #afa97f
  4. #a9a47f
  5. #a39f7f
  6. #9e9a80
  7. #989480
  8. #928f80
  9. #8c8a80
  10. #868580
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5b2a0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bdb07b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bfb381 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c4aca5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bcb17d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #beb380 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c0af98 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbb37f {
  color: #bbb37f;
}
Background
.bg-bbb37f {
  background-color: #bbb37f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbb37f {
  border: 2px solid #bbb37f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbb37f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 179 127;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 31% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbb37f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbb37f, #a5bb7f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbb37f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 179 127 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 2.35 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 2.89 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 4.92 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.75 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 9.42 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 9.58 #deb887 Burly Wood ΔE 10.80 #444c80 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Sage
#bbb37f  rgb(187, 179, 127)  hsl(52, 31%, 62%)  Sage
#7f87bb  rgb(127, 135, 187)  hsl(232, 31%, 62%)  Cool Gray
#7fbbb3  rgb(127, 187, 179)  hsl(172, 31%, 62%)  Verdigris
#b37fbb  rgb(179, 127, 187)  hsl(292, 31%, 62%)  Purple Mountain Majesty