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#BBB997

#bbb997 ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#bbb997 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 72.55% green and 59.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.07% magenta, 19.25% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 56.67°, with 20.93% saturation and 66.27% 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 10.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 3.33.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.475

Complementary

  1. #bbb997
  2. #9799bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbb997
  2. #97abbb
  3. #a797bb

Analogous

  1. #bba797
  2. #bbb997
  3. #abbb97

Triadic

  1. #bbb997
  2. #97bbb9
  3. #b997bb

Tetradic

  1. #bbb997
  2. #99bb97
  3. #9799bb
  4. #b997bb

Square

  1. #bbb997
  2. #97bba7
  3. #9799bb
  4. #bb97ab

Monochromatic

  1. #706e49
  2. #9d9a69
  3. #bbb997
  4. #d9d8c5
  5. #f7f7f3

Shades

#bbb997 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbb997
  2. #a8a788
  3. #969479
  4. #83826a
  5. #706f5b
  6. #5e5d4c
  7. #4b4a3c
  8. #38382d
  9. #25251e
  10. #13130f
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbb997 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbb997
  2. #c2c0a1
  3. #c9c7ac
  4. #cfceb6
  5. #d6d5c1
  6. #dddccb
  7. #e4e3d5
  8. #ebeae0
  9. #f1f1ea
  10. #f8f8f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbb997 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbb997
  2. #b5b395
  3. #afae92
  4. #a9a890
  5. #a3a28e
  6. #9e9d8c
  7. #989789
  8. #929187
  9. #8c8b85
  10. #868682
  11. #808080

Readable text 2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9b8ab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bfb695 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0b898 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c1b4b0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #beb796 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #beb898 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #beb6a6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbb997 {
  color: #bbb997;
}
Background
.bg-bbb997 {
  background-color: #bbb997;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbb997 {
  border: 2px solid #bbb997;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbb997;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 185 151;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 21% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbb997 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbb997, #abbb97);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbb997 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 185 151 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 3.33 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 6.54 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.61 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 10.27 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 10.95 #eae0c8 Pearl ΔE 11.49 #e3dac9 Bone ΔE 11.61 #444668 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Sage
#bbb997  rgb(187, 185, 151)  hsl(57, 21%, 66%)  Sage
#9799bb  rgb(151, 153, 187)  hsl(237, 21%, 66%)  Cool Gray
#97bbb9  rgb(151, 187, 185)  hsl(177, 21%, 66%)  Opal
#b997bb  rgb(185, 151, 187)  hsl(297, 21%, 66%)  Lilac