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#BE993B

#be993b ≈ Dark Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#be993b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.51% red, 60% green and 23.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.47% magenta, 68.95% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 43.05°, with 52.61% 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 7.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Goldenrod (#b8860b), ΔE 6.61.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3405

Complementary

  1. #be993b
  2. #3b60be

Split complementary

  1. #be993b
  2. #3ba1be
  3. #573bbe

Analogous

  1. #be573b
  2. #be993b
  3. #a1be3b

Triadic

  1. #be993b
  2. #3bbe99
  3. #993bbe

Tetradic

  1. #be993b
  2. #60be3b
  3. #3b60be
  4. #993bbe

Square

  1. #be993b
  2. #3bbe57
  3. #3b60be
  4. #be3ba1

Monochromatic

  1. #493b17
  2. #846a29
  3. #be993b
  4. #d3b872
  5. #e5d5ad

Shades

#be993b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #be993b
  2. #ab8a35
  3. #987a2f
  4. #856b29
  5. #725c23
  6. #5f4d1e
  7. #4c3d18
  8. #392e12
  9. #261f0c
  10. #130f06
  11. #000000

Tints

#be993b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #be993b
  2. #c5a34f
  3. #cbad62
  4. #d2b876
  5. #d8c289
  6. #dfcc9d
  7. #e5d6b1
  8. #ece0c4
  9. #f2ebd8
  10. #f9f5eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#be993b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #be993b
  2. #b89742
  3. #b29449
  4. #ab9250
  5. #a58f57
  6. #9f8d5e
  7. #998a64
  8. #93886b
  9. #8c8572
  10. #868379
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ac9c82 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ab982f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3a23f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ce8c85 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b39834 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b89e3e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c8916f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-be993b {
  color: #be993b;
}
Background
.bg-be993b {
  background-color: #be993b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-be993b {
  border: 2px solid #be993b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #be993b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 190 153 59;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 53% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-be993b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #be993b, #a1be3b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-be993b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(190 153 59 / 0.35);
}

#b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 6.61 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.69 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.01 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.33 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.71 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.94 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 9.24 #4166c4 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Dark Goldenrod
#be993b  rgb(190, 153, 59)  hsl(43, 53%, 49%)  Dark Goldenrod
#3b60be  rgb(59, 96, 190)  hsl(223, 53%, 49%)  Denim
#3bbe99  rgb(59, 190, 153)  hsl(163, 53%, 49%)  Mint
#993bbe  rgb(153, 59, 190)  hsl(283, 53%, 49%)  Dark Orchid