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#BBB737

#bbb737 ≈ Vegas Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bbb737 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 21.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.14% magenta, 70.59% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 58.18°, with 54.55% saturation and 47.45% 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 9.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vegas Gold (#c5b358), ΔE 5.74.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4471

Complementary

  1. #bbb737
  2. #373bbb

Split complementary

  1. #bbb737
  2. #377dbb
  3. #7537bb

Analogous

  1. #bb7537
  2. #bbb737
  3. #7dbb37

Triadic

  1. #bbb737
  2. #37bbb7
  3. #b737bb

Tetradic

  1. #bbb737
  2. #3bbb37
  3. #373bbb
  4. #b737bb

Square

  1. #bbb737
  2. #37bb75
  3. #373bbb
  4. #bb377d

Monochromatic

  1. #454314
  2. #807d26
  3. #bbb737
  4. #d3d06b
  5. #e5e3a6

Shades

#bbb737 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbb737
  2. #a8a532
  3. #96922c
  4. #838027
  5. #706e21
  6. #5e5c1c
  7. #4b4916
  8. #383711
  9. #25250b
  10. #131206
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbb737 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbb737
  2. #c2be4b
  3. #c9c55f
  4. #cfcd73
  5. #d6d487
  6. #dddb9b
  7. #e4e2af
  8. #ebe9c3
  9. #f1f1d7
  10. #f8f8eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbb737 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbb737
  2. #b5b23e
  3. #afac46
  4. #a9a74d
  5. #a3a154
  6. #9e9c5c
  7. #989663
  8. #92916a
  9. #8c8b71
  10. #868679
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.11:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b6b491 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6b021 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9b540 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c8ab9e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2b32b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3b63d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c3b081 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbb737 {
  color: #bbb737;
}
Background
.bg-bbb737 {
  background-color: #bbb737;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbb737 {
  border: 2px solid #bbb737;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbb737;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 183 55;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 55% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbb737 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbb737, #7dbb37);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbb737 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 183 55 / 0.35);
}

#c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.74 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.83 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.01 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 6.98 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.20 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 9.27 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 9.47 #4448c8 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Vegas Gold
#bbb737  rgb(187, 183, 55)  hsl(58, 55%, 47%)  Vegas Gold
#373bbb  rgb(55, 59, 187)  hsl(238, 55%, 47%)  Persian Blue
#37bbb7  rgb(55, 187, 183)  hsl(178, 55%, 47%)  Tiffany Blue
#b737bb  rgb(183, 55, 187)  hsl(298, 55%, 47%)  Purpureus