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#BBB850

#bbb850 ≈ Dark Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bbb850 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 72.16% green and 31.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.6% magenta, 57.22% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 58.32°, with 44.03% saturation and 52.35% 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 10.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Khaki (#bdb76b), ΔE 4.31.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.4542

Complementary

  1. #bbb850
  2. #5053bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbb850
  2. #5088bb
  3. #8250bb

Analogous

  1. #bb8250
  2. #bbb850
  3. #88bb50

Triadic

  1. #bbb850
  2. #50bbb8
  3. #b850bb

Tetradic

  1. #bbb850
  2. #53bb50
  3. #5053bb
  4. #b850bb

Square

  1. #bbb850
  2. #50bb82
  3. #5053bb
  4. #bb5088

Monochromatic

  1. #525120
  2. #898735
  3. #bbb850
  4. #d0ce87
  5. #e6e5be

Shades

#bbb850 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbb850
  2. #a8a648
  3. #969340
  4. #838138
  5. #706e30
  6. #5e5c28
  7. #4b4a20
  8. #383718
  9. #252510
  10. #131208
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbb850 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbb850
  2. #c2bf62
  3. #c9c673
  4. #cfcd85
  5. #d6d496
  6. #dddca8
  7. #e4e3b9
  8. #ebeacb
  9. #f1f1dc
  10. #f8f8ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbb850 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbb850
  2. #b5b255
  3. #afad5a
  4. #a9a75e
  5. #a3a263
  6. #9e9c68
  7. #98966d
  8. #929172
  9. #8c8b76
  10. #86867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7b596 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6b145 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8b656 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c7ada1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2b44a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3b753 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c2b288 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbb850 {
  color: #bbb850;
}
Background
.bg-bbb850 {
  background-color: #bbb850;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbb850 {
  border: 2px solid #bbb850;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbb850;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 184 80;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 44% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbb850 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbb850, #88bb50);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbb850 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 184 80 / 0.35);
}

#bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 4.31 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.58 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.61 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.81 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 8.85 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.78 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 10.10 #4447af Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Dark Khaki
#bbb850  rgb(187, 184, 80)  hsl(58, 44%, 52%)  Dark Khaki
#5053bb  rgb(80, 83, 187)  hsl(238, 44%, 52%)  Iris
#50bbb8  rgb(80, 187, 184)  hsl(178, 44%, 52%)  Verdigris
#b850bb  rgb(184, 80, 187)  hsl(298, 44%, 52%)  Medium Orchid