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#BEB02E

#beb02e ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#beb02e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.51% red, 69.02% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.37% magenta, 75.79% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 54.17°, with 61.02% saturation and 46.27% 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 9.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.9.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.422

Complementary

  1. #beb02e
  2. #2e3cbe

Split complementary

  1. #beb02e
  2. #2e84be
  3. #682ebe

Analogous

  1. #be682e
  2. #beb02e
  3. #84be2e

Triadic

  1. #beb02e
  2. #2ebeb0
  3. #b02ebe

Tetradic

  1. #beb02e
  2. #3cbe2e
  3. #2e3cbe
  4. #b02ebe

Square

  1. #beb02e
  2. #2ebe68
  3. #2e3cbe
  4. #be2e84

Monochromatic

  1. #433e10
  2. #80771f
  3. #beb02e
  4. #d9cd60
  5. #e7e09e

Shades

#beb02e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #beb02e
  2. #ab9e29
  3. #988d25
  4. #857b20
  5. #726a1c
  6. #5f5817
  7. #4c4612
  8. #39350e
  9. #262309
  10. #131205
  11. #000000

Tints

#beb02e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #beb02e
  2. #c5b843
  3. #cbc058
  4. #d2c86d
  5. #d8d082
  6. #dfd897
  7. #e5dfab
  8. #ece7c0
  9. #f2efd5
  10. #f9f7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#beb02e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #beb02e
  2. #b8ab36
  3. #b2a63e
  4. #aba247
  5. #a59d4f
  6. #9f9857
  7. #99935f
  8. #938e67
  9. #8c8a70
  10. #868578
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4af8c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0aa12 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5b138 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cda397 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bfad20 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c2b034 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c7a97b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-beb02e {
  color: #beb02e;
}
Background
.bg-beb02e {
  background-color: #beb02e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-beb02e {
  border: 2px solid #beb02e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #beb02e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 190 176 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 61% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-beb02e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #beb02e, #84be2e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-beb02e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(190 176 46 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.90 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.19 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.86 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.61 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.81 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 9.45 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.50 #414fd1 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Old Gold
#beb02e  rgb(190, 176, 46)  hsl(54, 61%, 46%)  Old Gold
#2e3cbe  rgb(46, 60, 190)  hsl(234, 61%, 46%)  Persian Blue
#2ebeb0  rgb(46, 190, 176)  hsl(174, 61%, 46%)  Tiffany Blue
#b02ebe  rgb(176, 46, 190)  hsl(294, 61%, 46%)  Dark Orchid