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#BBAD4E

#bbad4e ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bbad4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 67.84% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.49% magenta, 58.29% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 52.29°, 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 9.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 2.16.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.41

Complementary

  1. #bbad4e
  2. #4e5cbb

Split complementary

  1. #bbad4e
  2. #4e93bb
  3. #764ebb

Analogous

  1. #bb764e
  2. #bbad4e
  3. #93bb4e

Triadic

  1. #bbad4e
  2. #4ebbad
  3. #ad4ebb

Tetradic

  1. #bbad4e
  2. #5cbb4e
  3. #4e5cbb
  4. #ad4ebb

Square

  1. #bbad4e
  2. #4ebb76
  3. #4e5cbb
  4. #bb4e93

Monochromatic

  1. #514b1f
  2. #887d34
  3. #bbad4e
  4. #d0c785
  5. #e5e0bd

Shades

#bbad4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbad4e
  2. #a89c46
  3. #968a3e
  4. #837937
  5. #70682f
  6. #5e5727
  7. #4b451f
  8. #383417
  9. #252310
  10. #131108
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbad4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbad4e
  2. #c2b560
  3. #c9bd71
  4. #cfc683
  5. #d6ce95
  6. #ddd6a7
  7. #e4deb8
  8. #ebe6ca
  9. #f1efdc
  10. #f8f7ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbad4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbad4e
  2. #b5a953
  3. #afa458
  4. #a9a05d
  5. #a39b62
  6. #9e9767
  7. #98926c
  8. #928e71
  9. #8c8976
  10. #86857b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2ac8f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bca844 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0ae53 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c8a298 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bbaa48 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #beae51 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c3a781 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbad4e {
  color: #bbad4e;
}
Background
.bg-bbad4e {
  background-color: #bbad4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbad4e {
  border: 2px solid #bbad4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbad4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 173 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 44% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbad4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbad4e, #93bb4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbad4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 173 78 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.16 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 2.33 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 4.73 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.33 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.19 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 8.64 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 10.12 #4452b1 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Brass
#bbad4e  rgb(187, 173, 78)  hsl(52, 44%, 52%)  Brass
#4e5cbb  rgb(78, 92, 187)  hsl(232, 44%, 52%)  Iris
#4ebbad  rgb(78, 187, 173)  hsl(172, 44%, 52%)  Verdigris
#ad4ebb  rgb(173, 78, 187)  hsl(292, 44%, 52%)  Purpureus