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#BBB594

#bbb594 ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#bbb594 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 70.98% green and 58.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.21% magenta, 20.86% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 50.77°, with 22.29% saturation and 65.69% 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 10.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 3.76.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.4575

Complementary

  1. #bbb594
  2. #949abb

Split complementary

  1. #bbb594
  2. #94aebb
  3. #a294bb

Analogous

  1. #bba294
  2. #bbb594
  3. #aebb94

Triadic

  1. #bbb594
  2. #94bbb5
  3. #b594bb

Tetradic

  1. #bbb594
  2. #9abb94
  3. #949abb
  4. #b594bb

Square

  1. #bbb594
  2. #94bba2
  3. #949abb
  4. #bb94ae

Monochromatic

  1. #6f6947
  2. #9d9565
  3. #bbb594
  4. #d9d5c3
  5. #f6f6f2

Shades

#bbb594 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbb594
  2. #a8a385
  3. #969176
  4. #837f68
  5. #706d59
  6. #5e5b4a
  7. #4b483b
  8. #38362c
  9. #25241e
  10. #13120f
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbb594 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbb594
  2. #c2bc9f
  3. #c9c4a9
  4. #cfcbb4
  5. #d6d3bf
  6. #dddaca
  7. #e4e1d4
  8. #ebe9df
  9. #f1f0ea
  10. #f8f8f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbb594 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbb594
  2. #b5b092
  3. #afaa90
  4. #a9a58e
  5. #a3a08c
  6. #9e9b8a
  7. #989588
  8. #929086
  9. #8c8b84
  10. #868582
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7b5a8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bcb392 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #beb595 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c1b0ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bbb493 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bdb595 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bfb2a3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbb594 {
  color: #bbb594;
}
Background
.bg-bbb594 {
  background-color: #bbb594;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbb594 {
  border: 2px solid #bbb594;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbb594;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 181 148;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 22% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbb594 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbb594, #aebb94);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbb594 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 181 148 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 3.76 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 5.49 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 9.34 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.72 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 11.04 #deb887 Burly Wood ΔE 11.47 #e3dac9 Bone ΔE 11.57 #444a6b Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Sage
#bbb594  rgb(187, 181, 148)  hsl(51, 22%, 66%)  Sage
#949abb  rgb(148, 154, 187)  hsl(231, 22%, 66%)  Cool Gray
#94bbb5  rgb(148, 187, 181)  hsl(171, 22%, 66%)  Opal
#b594bb  rgb(181, 148, 187)  hsl(291, 22%, 66%)  Lilac