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#BBBB2B

#bbbb2b ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bbbb2b 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 16.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 77.01% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 60°, with 62.61% saturation and 45.1% 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 10.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 7.04.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4628

Complementary

  1. #bbbb2b
  2. #2b2bbb

Split complementary

  1. #bbbb2b
  2. #2b73bb
  3. #732bbb

Analogous

  1. #bb732b
  2. #bbbb2b
  3. #73bb2b

Triadic

  1. #bbbb2b
  2. #2bbbbb
  3. #bb2bbb

Tetradic

  1. #bbbb2b
  2. #2bbb2b
  3. #2b2bbb
  4. #bb2bbb

Square

  1. #bbbb2b
  2. #2bbb73
  3. #2b2bbb
  4. #bb2b73

Monochromatic

  1. #3f3f0e
  2. #7d7d1d
  3. #bbbb2b
  4. #d9d95a
  5. #e7e798

Shades

#bbbb2b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbbb2b
  2. #a8a827
  3. #969622
  4. #83831e
  5. #70701a
  6. #5e5e16
  7. #4b4b11
  8. #38380d
  9. #252509
  10. #131304
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbbb2b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbbb2b
  2. #c2c240
  3. #c9c955
  4. #cfcf6b
  5. #d6d680
  6. #dddd95
  7. #e4e4aa
  8. #ebebbf
  9. #f1f1d5
  10. #f8f8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbbb2b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbbb2b
  2. #b5b534
  3. #afaf3c
  4. #a9a945
  5. #a3a34d
  6. #9e9e56
  7. #98985e
  8. #929267
  9. #8c8c6f
  10. #868678
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8b892 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cab300 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ccb737 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c9afa0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c4b618 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c6b933 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c3b482 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbbb2b {
  color: #bbbb2b;
}
Background
.bg-bbbb2b {
  background-color: #bbbb2b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbbb2b {
  border: 2px solid #bbbb2b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbbb2b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 187 43;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 63% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbbb2b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbbb2b, #73bb2b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbbb2b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 187 43 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.04 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.33 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.51 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.31 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.58 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 9.13 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 9.37 #4444d4 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bbbb2b  rgb(187, 187, 43)  hsl(60, 63%, 45%)  Old Gold
#2b2bbb  rgb(43, 43, 187)  hsl(240, 63%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#2bbbbb  rgb(43, 187, 187)  hsl(180, 63%, 45%)  Tiffany Blue
#bb2bbb  rgb(187, 43, 187)  hsl(300, 63%, 45%)  Purpureus