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#BBB920

#bbb920 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bbb920 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 72.55% green and 12.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.07% magenta, 82.89% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 59.23°, with 70.78% saturation and 42.94% 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 10.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 6.67.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4537

Complementary

  1. #bbb920
  2. #2022bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbb920
  2. #206fbb
  3. #6c20bb

Analogous

  1. #bb6c20
  2. #bbb920
  3. #6fbb20

Triadic

  1. #bbb920
  2. #20bbb9
  3. #b920bb

Tetradic

  1. #bbb920
  2. #22bb20
  3. #2022bb
  4. #b920bb

Square

  1. #bbb920
  2. #20bb6c
  3. #2022bb
  4. #bb206f

Monochromatic

  1. #38380a
  2. #7a7815
  3. #bbb920
  4. #e0de48
  5. #ebea89

Shades

#bbb920 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbb920
  2. #a8a71d
  3. #96941a
  4. #838216
  5. #706f13
  6. #5e5d10
  7. #4b4a0d
  8. #38380a
  9. #252506
  10. #131303
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbb920 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbb920
  2. #c2c036
  3. #c9c74d
  4. #cfce63
  5. #d6d579
  6. #dddc90
  7. #e4e3a6
  8. #ebeabc
  9. #f1f1d2
  10. #f8f8e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbb920 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbb920
  2. #b5b32a
  3. #afae33
  4. #a9a83d
  5. #a3a246
  6. #9e9d50
  7. #98975a
  8. #929163
  9. #8c8b6d
  10. #868676
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7b690 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c9b100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbb62f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c9ac9e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c3b400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c5b72a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c4b27f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbb920 {
  color: #bbb920;
}
Background
.bg-bbb920 {
  background-color: #bbb920;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbb920 {
  border: 2px solid #bbb920;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbb920;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 185 32;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 71% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbb920 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbb920, #6fbb20);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbb920 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 185 32 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.67 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.30 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.41 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.39 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.83 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 9.54 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.88 #4446df Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bbb920  rgb(187, 185, 32)  hsl(59, 71%, 43%)  Old Gold
#2022bb  rgb(32, 34, 187)  hsl(239, 71%, 43%)  Medium Blue
#20bbb9  rgb(32, 187, 185)  hsl(179, 71%, 43%)  Tiffany Blue
#b920bb  rgb(185, 32, 187)  hsl(299, 71%, 43%)  Dark Orchid