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#BBB60B

#bbb60b ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bbb60b is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 71.37% green and 4.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.67% magenta, 94.12% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 58.3°, with 88.89% saturation and 38.82% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 6.26.

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Relative luminance0.4404

Complementary

  1. #bbb60b
  2. #0b10bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbb60b
  2. #0b68bb
  3. #5e0bbb

Analogous

  1. #bb5e0b
  2. #bbb60b
  3. #68bb0b

Triadic

  1. #bbb60b
  2. #0bbbb6
  3. #b60bbb

Tetradic

  1. #bbb60b
  2. #10bb0b
  3. #0b10bb
  4. #b60bbb

Square

  1. #bbb60b
  2. #0bbb5e
  3. #0b10bb
  4. #bb0b68

Monochromatic

  1. #2a2902
  2. #737007
  3. #bbb60b
  4. #f2ec21
  5. #f6f269

Shades

#bbb60b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbb60b
  2. #a8a40a
  3. #969209
  4. #837f08
  5. #706d07
  6. #5e5b06
  7. #4b4904
  8. #383703
  9. #252402
  10. #131201
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbb60b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbb60b
  2. #c2bd23
  3. #c9c53c
  4. #cfcc54
  5. #d6d36d
  6. #dddb85
  7. #e4e29d
  8. #ebe9b6
  9. #f1f0ce
  10. #f8f8e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbb60b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbb60b
  2. #b5b117
  3. #afab22
  4. #a9a62e
  5. #a3a03a
  6. #9e9b46
  7. #989651
  8. #92905d
  9. #8c8b69
  10. #868574
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5b38d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6ae00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9b424 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #caa99b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2b100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4b51c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c4ae7b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbb60b {
  color: #bbb60b;
}
Background
.bg-bbb60b {
  background-color: #bbb60b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbb60b {
  border: 2px solid #bbb60b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbb60b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 182 11;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 89% 39%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbb60b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbb60b, #68bb0b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbb60b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 182 11 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.26 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.08 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.58 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.35 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.27 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.52 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.26 #4449f4 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bbb60b  rgb(187, 182, 11)  hsl(58, 89%, 39%)  Old Gold
#0b10bb  rgb(11, 16, 187)  hsl(238, 89%, 39%)  Medium Blue
#0bbbb6  rgb(11, 187, 182)  hsl(178, 89%, 39%)  Tiffany Blue
#b60bbb  rgb(182, 11, 187)  hsl(298, 89%, 39%)  Dark Orchid