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#BBBF17

#bbbf17 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bbbf17 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 74.9% green and 9.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 2.09% cyan, 0% magenta, 87.96% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 61.43°, with 78.5% saturation and 41.96% 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 10.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 8.1.

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Web safe#cccc00
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Relative luminance0.4789

Complementary

  1. #bbbf17
  2. #1b17bf

Split complementary

  1. #bbbf17
  2. #1767bf
  3. #6f17bf

Analogous

  1. #bf6f17
  2. #bbbf17
  3. #67bf17

Triadic

  1. #bbbf17
  2. #17bbbf
  3. #bf17bb

Tetradic

  1. #bbbf17
  2. #17bf1b
  3. #1b17bf
  4. #bf17bb

Square

  1. #bbbf17
  2. #17bf6f
  3. #1b17bf
  4. #bf1767

Monochromatic

  1. #353607
  2. #787b0f
  3. #bbbf17
  4. #e3e73b
  5. #edf07f

Shades

#bbbf17 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbbf17
  2. #a8ac15
  3. #969912
  4. #838610
  5. #70730e
  6. #5e600c
  7. #4b4c09
  8. #383907
  9. #252605
  10. #131302
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbbf17 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbbf17
  2. #c2c52e
  3. #c9cc45
  4. #cfd25d
  5. #d6d974
  6. #dddf8b
  7. #e4e5a2
  8. #ebecb9
  9. #f1f2d1
  10. #f8f9e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbbf17 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbbf17
  2. #b5b922
  3. #afb22c
  4. #a9ac37
  5. #a3a641
  6. #9ea04c
  7. #989956
  8. #929361
  9. #8c8d6b
  10. #868676
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9bb93 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cfb600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d0ba2c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c9b2a3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c7ba00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c8bc25 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c3b882 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbbf17 {
  color: #bbbf17;
}
Background
.bg-bbbf17 {
  background-color: #bbbf17;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbbf17 {
  border: 2px solid #bbbf17;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbbf17;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 191 23;
  --color-primary-hsl: 61 79% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbbf17 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbbf17, #67bf17);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbbf17 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 191 23 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.10 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.23 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 8.42 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 8.87 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.95 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 9.06 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 9.18 #4440e8 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Citrine
#bbbf17  rgb(187, 191, 23)  hsl(61, 79%, 42%)  Citrine
#1b17bf  rgb(27, 23, 191)  hsl(241, 79%, 42%)  Medium Blue
#17bbbf  rgb(23, 187, 191)  hsl(181, 79%, 42%)  Tiffany Blue
#bf17bb  rgb(191, 23, 187)  hsl(301, 79%, 42%)  Dark Orchid