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#BBBB70

#bbbb70 ≈ Dark Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bbbb70 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 43.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 40.11% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 60°, with 35.55% saturation and 58.63% 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 10.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Khaki (#bdb76b), ΔE 1.95.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.4728

Complementary

  1. #bbbb70
  2. #7070bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbbb70
  2. #7096bb
  3. #9670bb

Analogous

  1. #bb9670
  2. #bbbb70
  3. #96bb70

Triadic

  1. #bbbb70
  2. #70bbbb
  3. #bb70bb

Tetradic

  1. #bbbb70
  2. #70bb70
  3. #7070bb
  4. #bb70bb

Square

  1. #bbbb70
  2. #70bb96
  3. #7070bb
  4. #bb7096

Monochromatic

  1. #63632f
  2. #979748
  3. #bbbb70
  4. #d4d4a4
  5. #ececd8

Shades

#bbbb70 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbbb70
  2. #a8a865
  3. #96965a
  4. #83834e
  5. #707043
  6. #5e5e38
  7. #4b4b2d
  8. #383822
  9. #252516
  10. #13130b
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbbb70 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbbb70
  2. #c2c27e
  3. #c9c98d
  4. #cfcf9b
  5. #d6d6a9
  6. #ddddb8
  7. #e4e4c6
  8. #ebebd4
  9. #f1f1e2
  10. #f8f8f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbbb70 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbbb70
  2. #b5b572
  3. #afaf73
  4. #a9a975
  5. #a3a376
  6. #9e9e78
  7. #98987a
  8. #92927b
  9. #8c8c7d
  10. #86867e
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9b99f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6b56a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7b873 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c5b2a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2b86d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3b972 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c1b695 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbbb70 {
  color: #bbbb70;
}
Background
.bg-bbbb70 {
  background-color: #bbbb70;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbbb70 {
  border: 2px solid #bbbb70;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbbb70;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 187 112;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 36% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbbb70 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbbb70, #96bb70);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbbb70 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 187 112 / 0.35);
}

#bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 1.95 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 6.18 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.18 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 7.37 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 8.18 #9ab973 Olivine ΔE 8.45 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 9.55 #44448f Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Dark Khaki
#bbbb70  rgb(187, 187, 112)  hsl(60, 36%, 59%)  Dark Khaki
#7070bb  rgb(112, 112, 187)  hsl(240, 36%, 59%)  Slate Blue
#70bbbb  rgb(112, 187, 187)  hsl(180, 36%, 59%)  Verdigris
#bb70bb  rgb(187, 112, 187)  hsl(300, 36%, 59%)  Sky Magenta