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#BBAB4E

#bbab4e ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bbab4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 67.06% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.56% magenta, 58.29% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 51.19°, with 44.49% saturation and 51.96% 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 9.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 1.86.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.4024

Complementary

  1. #bbab4e
  2. #4e5ebb

Split complementary

  1. #bbab4e
  2. #4e95bb
  3. #744ebb

Analogous

  1. #bb744e
  2. #bbab4e
  3. #95bb4e

Triadic

  1. #bbab4e
  2. #4ebbab
  3. #ab4ebb

Tetradic

  1. #bbab4e
  2. #5ebb4e
  3. #4e5ebb
  4. #ab4ebb

Square

  1. #bbab4e
  2. #4ebb74
  3. #4e5ebb
  4. #bb4e95

Monochromatic

  1. #514a1f
  2. #887c34
  3. #bbab4e
  4. #d0c585
  5. #e5dfbd

Shades

#bbab4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbab4e
  2. #a89a46
  3. #96893e
  4. #837837
  5. #70672f
  6. #5e5627
  7. #4b441f
  8. #383317
  9. #252210
  10. #131108
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbab4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbab4e
  2. #c2b360
  3. #c9bc71
  4. #cfc483
  5. #d6cd95
  6. #ddd5a7
  7. #e4ddb8
  8. #ebe6ca
  9. #f1eedc
  10. #f8f7ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbab4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbab4e
  2. #b5a753
  3. #afa258
  4. #a99e5d
  5. #a39a62
  6. #9e9667
  7. #98916c
  8. #928d71
  9. #8c8976
  10. #86847b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1aa8e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #baa744 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bead52 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c8a096 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #baa848 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bdac51 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c3a480 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbab4e {
  color: #bbab4e;
}
Background
.bg-bbab4e {
  background-color: #bbab4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbab4e {
  border: 2px solid #bbab4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbab4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 171 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 44% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbab4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbab4e, #95bb4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbab4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 171 78 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 1.86 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 2.45 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.12 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.39 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.88 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 8.43 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.88 #4454b1 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Brass
#bbab4e  rgb(187, 171, 78)  hsl(51, 44%, 52%)  Brass
#4e5ebb  rgb(78, 94, 187)  hsl(231, 44%, 52%)  Slate Blue
#4ebbab  rgb(78, 187, 171)  hsl(171, 44%, 52%)  Light Sea Green
#ab4ebb  rgb(171, 78, 187)  hsl(291, 44%, 52%)  Purpureus