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#BEB300

#beb300 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#beb300 is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.51% red, 70.2% green and 0% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.79% magenta, 100% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 56.53°, with 100% saturation and 37.25% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.64:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 5.2.

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Relative luminance0.4319

Complementary

  1. #beb300
  2. #000bbe

Split complementary

  1. #beb300
  2. #006abe
  3. #5400be

Analogous

  1. #be5400
  2. #beb300
  3. #6abe00

Triadic

  1. #beb300
  2. #00beb3
  3. #b300be

Tetradic

  1. #beb300
  2. #0bbe00
  3. #000bbe
  4. #b300be

Square

  1. #beb300
  2. #00be54
  3. #000bbe
  4. #be006a

Monochromatic

  1. #252300
  2. #716b00
  3. #beb300
  4. #fff10b
  5. #fff558

Shades

#beb300 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #beb300
  2. #aba100
  3. #988f00
  4. #857d00
  5. #726b00
  6. #5f5a00
  7. #4c4800
  8. #393600
  9. #262400
  10. #131200
  11. #000000

Tints

#beb300 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #beb300
  2. #c5bb1a
  3. #cbc233
  4. #d2ca4d
  5. #d8d166
  6. #dfd980
  7. #e5e199
  8. #ece8b3
  9. #f2f0cc
  10. #f9f7e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#beb300 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #beb300
  2. #b8ae0d
  3. #b2a91a
  4. #aba426
  5. #a59f33
  6. #9f9a40
  7. #99944d
  8. #938f5a
  9. #8c8a66
  10. #868573
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b6b18b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4ac00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8b21e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cda698 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2af00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4b316 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c7ab78 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-beb300 {
  color: #beb300;
}
Background
.bg-beb300 {
  background-color: #beb300;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-beb300 {
  border: 2px solid #beb300;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #beb300;
  --color-primary-rgb: 190 179 0;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 100% 37%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-beb300 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #beb300, #6abe00);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-beb300 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(190 179 0 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.20 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.57 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.23 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.93 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.24 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.86 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 10.43 #414cff Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#beb300  rgb(190, 179, 0)  hsl(57, 100%, 37%)  Old Gold
#000bbe  rgb(0, 11, 190)  hsl(237, 100%, 37%)  Medium Blue
#00beb3  rgb(0, 190, 179)  hsl(177, 100%, 37%)  Tiffany Blue
#b300be  rgb(179, 0, 190)  hsl(297, 100%, 37%)  Dark Orchid