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#BBBB3E

#bbbb3e ≈ Vegas Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bbbb3e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 73.33% green and 24.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 66.84% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 60°, with 50.2% saturation and 48.82% 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 10.29:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vegas Gold (#c5b358), ΔE 6.34.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4645

Complementary

  1. #bbbb3e
  2. #3e3ebb

Split complementary

  1. #bbbb3e
  2. #3e7cbb
  3. #7c3ebb

Analogous

  1. #bb7c3e
  2. #bbbb3e
  3. #7cbb3e

Triadic

  1. #bbbb3e
  2. #3ebbbb
  3. #bb3ebb

Tetradic

  1. #bbbb3e
  2. #3ebb3e
  3. #3e3ebb
  4. #bb3ebb

Square

  1. #bbbb3e
  2. #3ebb7c
  3. #3e3ebb
  4. #bb3e7c

Monochromatic

  1. #484818
  2. #82822b
  3. #bbbb3e
  4. #d1d174
  5. #e4e4ae

Shades

#bbbb3e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbbb3e
  2. #a8a838
  3. #969632
  4. #83832b
  5. #707025
  6. #5e5e1f
  7. #4b4b19
  8. #383813
  9. #25250c
  10. #131306
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbbb3e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbbb3e
  2. #c2c251
  3. #c9c965
  4. #cfcf78
  5. #d6d68b
  6. #dddd9f
  7. #e4e4b2
  8. #ebebc5
  9. #f1f1d8
  10. #f8f8ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbbb3e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbbb3e
  2. #b5b545
  3. #afaf4b
  4. #a9a952
  5. #a3a358
  6. #9e9e5f
  7. #989866
  8. #92926c
  9. #8c8c73
  10. #868679
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.29:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8b894 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cab32c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbb747 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c8afa2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c4b634 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c5b943 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c3b485 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbbb3e {
  color: #bbbb3e;
}
Background
.bg-bbbb3e {
  background-color: #bbbb3e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbbb3e {
  border: 2px solid #bbbb3e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbbb3e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 187 62;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 50% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbbb3e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbbb3e, #7cbb3e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbbb3e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 187 62 / 0.35);
}

#c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.34 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 6.74 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.89 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.03 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 8.78 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 9.15 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 9.17 #4444c1 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Vegas Gold
#bbbb3e  rgb(187, 187, 62)  hsl(60, 50%, 49%)  Vegas Gold
#3e3ebb  rgb(62, 62, 187)  hsl(240, 50%, 49%)  Ocean Blue
#3ebbbb  rgb(62, 187, 187)  hsl(180, 50%, 49%)  Tiffany Blue
#bb3ebb  rgb(187, 62, 187)  hsl(300, 50%, 49%)  Medium Orchid