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#BBB41E

#bbb41e ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bbb41e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 70.59% green and 11.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.74% magenta, 83.96% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 57.32°, with 72.35% saturation and 42.55% 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 9.66:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 5.6.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.433

Complementary

  1. #bbb41e
  2. #1e25bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbb41e
  2. #1e74bb
  3. #651ebb

Analogous

  1. #bb651e
  2. #bbb41e
  3. #74bb1e

Triadic

  1. #bbb41e
  2. #1ebbb4
  3. #b41ebb

Tetradic

  1. #bbb41e
  2. #25bb1e
  3. #1e25bb
  4. #b41ebb

Square

  1. #bbb41e
  2. #1ebb65
  3. #1e25bb
  4. #bb1e74

Monochromatic

  1. #373509
  2. #797513
  3. #bbb41e
  4. #e1da44
  5. #ece786

Shades

#bbb41e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbb41e
  2. #a8a21b
  3. #969018
  4. #837e15
  5. #706c12
  6. #5e5a0f
  7. #4b480c
  8. #383609
  9. #252406
  10. #131203
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbb41e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbb41e
  2. #c2bc35
  3. #c9c34b
  4. #cfcb62
  5. #d6d278
  6. #ddda8f
  7. #e4e1a5
  8. #ebe9bc
  9. #f1f0d2
  10. #f8f8e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbb41e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbb41e
  2. #b5af28
  3. #afaa32
  4. #a9a43b
  5. #a39f45
  6. #9e9a4f
  7. #989559
  8. #929063
  9. #8c8a6c
  10. #868576
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4b18d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4ad00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7b22d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c9a79a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1b000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c2b328 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c4ad7b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbb41e {
  color: #bbb41e;
}
Background
.bg-bbb41e {
  background-color: #bbb41e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbb41e {
  border: 2px solid #bbb41e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbb41e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 180 30;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 72% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbb41e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbb41e, #74bb1e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbb41e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 180 30 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.60 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.04 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.63 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.59 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.71 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.79 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.50 #444be1 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bbb41e  rgb(187, 180, 30)  hsl(57, 72%, 43%)  Old Gold
#1e25bb  rgb(30, 37, 187)  hsl(237, 72%, 43%)  Medium Blue
#1ebbb4  rgb(30, 187, 180)  hsl(177, 72%, 43%)  Tiffany Blue
#b41ebb  rgb(180, 30, 187)  hsl(297, 72%, 43%)  Dark Orchid