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#BBBB18

#bbbb18 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bbbb18 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 73.33% green and 9.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 87.17% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 60°, with 77.25% saturation and 41.37% 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 10.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 7.24.

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Relative luminance0.4617

Complementary

  1. #bbbb18
  2. #1818bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbbb18
  2. #1869bb
  3. #6918bb

Analogous

  1. #bb6918
  2. #bbbb18
  3. #69bb18

Triadic

  1. #bbbb18
  2. #18bbbb
  3. #bb18bb

Tetradic

  1. #bbbb18
  2. #18bb18
  3. #1818bb
  4. #bb18bb

Square

  1. #bbbb18
  2. #18bb69
  3. #1818bb
  4. #bb1869

Monochromatic

  1. #333307
  2. #77770f
  3. #bbbb18
  4. #e6e63a
  5. #eeee7e

Shades

#bbbb18 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbbb18
  2. #a8a816
  3. #969613
  4. #838311
  5. #70700e
  6. #5e5e0c
  7. #4b4b0a
  8. #383807
  9. #252505
  10. #131302
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbbb18 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbbb18
  2. #c2c22f
  3. #c9c946
  4. #cfcf5d
  5. #d6d674
  6. #dddd8c
  7. #e4e4a3
  8. #ebebba
  9. #f1f1d1
  10. #f8f8e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbbb18 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbbb18
  2. #b5b522
  3. #afaf2d
  4. #a9a937
  5. #a3a342
  6. #9e9e4c
  7. #989856
  8. #929261
  9. #8c8c6b
  10. #868676
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7b790 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cbb300 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdb72b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c9ae9f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c5b600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c6b925 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c4b47f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbbb18 {
  color: #bbbb18;
}
Background
.bg-bbbb18 {
  background-color: #bbbb18;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbbb18 {
  border: 2px solid #bbbb18;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbbb18;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 187 24;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 77% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbbb18 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbbb18, #69bb18);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbbb18 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 187 24 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.24 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 8.07 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.10 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.16 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 9.32 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.37 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 9.55 #4444e7 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bbbb18  rgb(187, 187, 24)  hsl(60, 77%, 41%)  Old Gold
#1818bb  rgb(24, 24, 187)  hsl(240, 77%, 41%)  Medium Blue
#18bbbb  rgb(24, 187, 187)  hsl(180, 77%, 41%)  Tiffany Blue
#bb18bb  rgb(187, 24, 187)  hsl(300, 77%, 41%)  Dark Orchid