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#BBBB74

#bbbb74 ≈ Dark Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bbbb74 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 45.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 37.97% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 60°, with 34.3% saturation and 59.41% 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 10.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Khaki (#bdb76b), ΔE 2.24.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.4737

Complementary

  1. #bbbb74
  2. #7474bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbbb74
  2. #7497bb
  3. #9774bb

Analogous

  1. #bb9774
  2. #bbbb74
  3. #97bb74

Triadic

  1. #bbbb74
  2. #74bbbb
  3. #bb74bb

Tetradic

  1. #bbbb74
  2. #74bb74
  3. #7474bb
  4. #bb74bb

Square

  1. #bbbb74
  2. #74bb97
  3. #7474bb
  4. #bb7497

Monochromatic

  1. #656531
  2. #98984a
  3. #bbbb74
  4. #d4d4a7
  5. #ededdb

Shades

#bbbb74 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbbb74
  2. #a8a868
  3. #96965d
  4. #838351
  5. #707046
  6. #5e5e3a
  7. #4b4b2e
  8. #383823
  9. #252517
  10. #13130c
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbbb74 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbbb74
  2. #c2c282
  3. #c9c990
  4. #cfcf9e
  5. #d6d6ac
  6. #ddddba
  7. #e4e4c7
  8. #ebebd5
  9. #f1f1e3
  10. #f8f8f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbbb74 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbbb74
  2. #b5b575
  3. #afaf76
  4. #a9a978
  5. #a3a379
  6. #9e9e7a
  7. #98987b
  8. #92927c
  9. #8c8c7e
  10. #86867f
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9b9a1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6b66f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7b877 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c4b3a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2b871 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c2b976 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c1b697 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbbb74 {
  color: #bbbb74;
}
Background
.bg-bbbb74 {
  background-color: #bbbb74;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbbb74 {
  border: 2px solid #bbbb74;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbbb74;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 187 116;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 34% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbbb74 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbbb74, #97bb74);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbbb74 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 187 116 / 0.35);
}

#bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 2.24 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 5.48 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.58 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 6.94 #9ab973 Olivine ΔE 8.28 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 8.61 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 9.91 #44448b Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Dark Khaki
#bbbb74  rgb(187, 187, 116)  hsl(60, 34%, 59%)  Dark Khaki
#7474bb  rgb(116, 116, 187)  hsl(240, 34%, 59%)  Medium Purple
#74bbbb  rgb(116, 187, 187)  hsl(180, 34%, 59%)  Verdigris
#bb74bb  rgb(187, 116, 187)  hsl(300, 34%, 59%)  Sky Magenta