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#BBB61B

#bbb61b ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bbb61b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 71.37% green and 10.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.67% magenta, 85.56% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 58.13°, with 74.77% saturation and 41.96% 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 9.82:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 6.06.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.441

Complementary

  1. #bbb61b
  2. #1b20bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbb61b
  2. #1b70bb
  3. #661bbb

Analogous

  1. #bb661b
  2. #bbb61b
  3. #70bb1b

Triadic

  1. #bbb61b
  2. #1bbbb6
  3. #b61bbb

Tetradic

  1. #bbb61b
  2. #20bb1b
  3. #1b20bb
  4. #b61bbb

Square

  1. #bbb61b
  2. #1bbb66
  3. #1b20bb
  4. #bb1b70

Monochromatic

  1. #353408
  2. #787511
  3. #bbb61b
  4. #e3de3f
  5. #edea82

Shades

#bbb61b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbb61b
  2. #a8a418
  3. #969216
  4. #837f13
  5. #706d10
  6. #5e5b0e
  7. #4b490b
  8. #383708
  9. #252405
  10. #131203
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbb61b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbb61b
  2. #c2bd32
  3. #c9c549
  4. #cfcc5f
  5. #d6d376
  6. #dddb8d
  7. #e4e2a4
  8. #ebe9bb
  9. #f1f0d1
  10. #f8f8e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbb61b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbb61b
  2. #b5b125
  3. #afab2f
  4. #a9a639
  5. #a3a043
  6. #9e9b4e
  7. #989658
  8. #929062
  9. #8c8b6c
  10. #868576
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5b38e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6ae00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9b42c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c9a99b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2b200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3b526 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c4ae7c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbb61b {
  color: #bbb61b;
}
Background
.bg-bbb61b {
  background-color: #bbb61b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbb61b {
  border: 2px solid #bbb61b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbb61b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 182 27;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 75% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbb61b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbb61b, #70bb1b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbb61b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 182 27 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.06 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.66 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.08 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.52 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.92 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.14 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.12 #4449e4 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bbb61b  rgb(187, 182, 27)  hsl(58, 75%, 42%)  Old Gold
#1b20bb  rgb(27, 32, 187)  hsl(238, 75%, 42%)  Medium Blue
#1bbbb6  rgb(27, 187, 182)  hsl(178, 75%, 42%)  Tiffany Blue
#b61bbb  rgb(182, 27, 187)  hsl(298, 75%, 42%)  Dark Orchid