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#BBB733

#bbb733 ≈ Vegas Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bbb733 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 71.76% green and 20% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.14% magenta, 72.73% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 58.24°, with 57.14% saturation and 46.67% 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 9.93:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vegas Gold (#c5b358), ΔE 6.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4467

Complementary

  1. #bbb733
  2. #3337bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbb733
  2. #337bbb
  3. #7333bb

Analogous

  1. #bb7333
  2. #bbb733
  3. #7bbb33

Triadic

  1. #bbb733
  2. #33bbb7
  3. #b733bb

Tetradic

  1. #bbb733
  2. #37bb33
  3. #3337bb
  4. #b733bb

Square

  1. #bbb733
  2. #33bb73
  3. #3337bb
  4. #bb337b

Monochromatic

  1. #434112
  2. #7f7c23
  3. #bbb733
  4. #d5d265
  5. #e6e4a2

Shades

#bbb733 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbb733
  2. #a8a52e
  3. #969229
  4. #838024
  5. #706e1f
  6. #5e5c1a
  7. #4b4914
  8. #38370f
  9. #25250a
  10. #131205
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbb733 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbb733
  2. #c2be47
  3. #c9c55c
  4. #cfcd70
  5. #d6d485
  6. #dddb99
  7. #e4e2ad
  8. #ebe9c2
  9. #f1f1d6
  10. #f8f8eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbb733 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbb733
  2. #b5b23b
  3. #afac42
  4. #a9a74a
  5. #a3a152
  6. #9e9c5a
  7. #989661
  8. #929169
  9. #8c8b71
  10. #868678
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.11:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b6b491 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6b01a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9b43d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c9ab9e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2b326 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3b639 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c3b080 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbb733 {
  color: #bbb733;
}
Background
.bg-bbb733 {
  background-color: #bbb733;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbb733 {
  border: 2px solid #bbb733;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbb733;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 183 51;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 57% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbb733 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbb733, #7bbb33);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbb733 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 183 51 / 0.35);
}

#c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.00 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.00 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.01 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.34 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 9.10 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.21 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 9.59 #4448cc Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Vegas Gold
#bbb733  rgb(187, 183, 51)  hsl(58, 57%, 47%)  Vegas Gold
#3337bb  rgb(51, 55, 187)  hsl(238, 57%, 47%)  Persian Blue
#33bbb7  rgb(51, 187, 183)  hsl(178, 57%, 47%)  Tiffany Blue
#b733bb  rgb(183, 51, 187)  hsl(298, 57%, 47%)  Purpureus