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#BBBB2F

#bbbb2f ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bbbb2f 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 18.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 74.87% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 60°, with 59.83% saturation and 45.88% 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 7.01.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4631

Complementary

  1. #bbbb2f
  2. #2f2fbb

Split complementary

  1. #bbbb2f
  2. #2f75bb
  3. #752fbb

Analogous

  1. #bb752f
  2. #bbbb2f
  3. #75bb2f

Triadic

  1. #bbbb2f
  2. #2fbbbb
  3. #bb2fbb

Tetradic

  1. #bbbb2f
  2. #2fbb2f
  3. #2f2fbb
  4. #bb2fbb

Square

  1. #bbbb2f
  2. #2fbb75
  3. #2f2fbb
  4. #bb2f75

Monochromatic

  1. #414110
  2. #7e7e20
  3. #bbbb2f
  4. #d7d760
  5. #e6e69d

Shades

#bbbb2f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbbb2f
  2. #a8a82a
  3. #969626
  4. #838321
  5. #70701c
  6. #5e5e18
  7. #4b4b13
  8. #38380e
  9. #252509
  10. #131305
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbbb2f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbbb2f
  2. #c2c244
  3. #c9c959
  4. #cfcf6d
  5. #d6d682
  6. #dddd97
  7. #e4e4ac
  8. #ebebc1
  9. #f1f1d5
  10. #f8f8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbbb2f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbbb2f
  2. #b5b537
  3. #afaf3f
  4. #a9a947
  5. #a3a34f
  6. #9e9e58
  7. #989860
  8. #929268
  9. #8c8c70
  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 #cab30d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ccb73a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c8afa1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c4b61f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c5b936 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c3b482 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbbb2f {
  color: #bbbb2f;
}
Background
.bg-bbbb2f {
  background-color: #bbbb2f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbbb2f {
  border: 2px solid #bbbb2f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbbb2f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 187 47;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 60% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbbb2f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbbb2f, #75bb2f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbbb2f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 187 47 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.01 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.13 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.37 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.03 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.71 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 9.10 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 9.24 #4444d0 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bbbb2f  rgb(187, 187, 47)  hsl(60, 60%, 46%)  Old Gold
#2f2fbb  rgb(47, 47, 187)  hsl(240, 60%, 46%)  Persian Blue
#2fbbbb  rgb(47, 187, 187)  hsl(180, 60%, 46%)  Tiffany Blue
#bb2fbb  rgb(187, 47, 187)  hsl(300, 60%, 46%)  Purpureus