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#BBBB5D

#bbbb5d ≈ Dark Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bbbb5d 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 36.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 50.27% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 60°, with 40.87% saturation and 54.9% 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 10.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Khaki (#bdb76b), ΔE 3.26.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.469

Complementary

  1. #bbbb5d
  2. #5d5dbb

Split complementary

  1. #bbbb5d
  2. #5d8cbb
  3. #8c5dbb

Analogous

  1. #bb8c5d
  2. #bbbb5d
  3. #8cbb5d

Triadic

  1. #bbbb5d
  2. #5dbbbb
  3. #bb5dbb

Tetradic

  1. #bbbb5d
  2. #5dbb5d
  3. #5d5dbb
  4. #bb5dbb

Square

  1. #bbbb5d
  2. #5dbb8c
  3. #5d5dbb
  4. #bb5d8c

Monochromatic

  1. #595926
  2. #8f8f3c
  3. #bbbb5d
  4. #d2d293
  5. #e8e8c9

Shades

#bbbb5d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbbb5d
  2. #a8a854
  3. #96964a
  4. #838341
  5. #707038
  6. #5e5e2f
  7. #4b4b25
  8. #38381c
  9. #252513
  10. #131309
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbbb5d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbbb5d
  2. #c2c26d
  3. #c9c97d
  4. #cfcf8e
  5. #d6d69e
  6. #ddddae
  7. #e4e4be
  8. #ebebce
  9. #f1f1df
  10. #f8f8ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbbb5d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbbb5d
  2. #b5b561
  3. #afaf64
  4. #a9a968
  5. #a3a36b
  6. #9e9e6f
  7. #989872
  8. #929276
  9. #8c8c79
  10. #86867d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8b89a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c8b454 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9b862 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c6b1a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c3b758 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4b960 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c2b58e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbbb5d {
  color: #bbbb5d;
}
Background
.bg-bbbb5d {
  background-color: #bbbb5d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbbb5d {
  border: 2px solid #bbbb5d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbbb5d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 187 93;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 41% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbbb5d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbbb5d, #8cbb5d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbbb5d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 187 93 / 0.35);
}

#bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 3.26 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.29 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.86 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.22 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 8.57 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 9.14 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 9.41 #4444a2 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Dark Khaki
#bbbb5d  rgb(187, 187, 93)  hsl(60, 41%, 55%)  Dark Khaki
#5d5dbb  rgb(93, 93, 187)  hsl(240, 41%, 55%)  Slate Blue
#5dbbbb  rgb(93, 187, 187)  hsl(180, 41%, 55%)  Verdigris
#bb5dbb  rgb(187, 93, 187)  hsl(300, 41%, 55%)  Medium Orchid