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#BBAE4E

#bbae4e ≈ Vegas Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bbae4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 68.24% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.95% magenta, 58.29% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 52.84°, 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 9.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vegas Gold (#c5b358), ΔE 2.36.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.4139

Complementary

  1. #bbae4e
  2. #4e5bbb

Split complementary

  1. #bbae4e
  2. #4e92bb
  3. #774ebb

Analogous

  1. #bb774e
  2. #bbae4e
  3. #92bb4e

Triadic

  1. #bbae4e
  2. #4ebbae
  3. #ae4ebb

Tetradic

  1. #bbae4e
  2. #5bbb4e
  3. #4e5bbb
  4. #ae4ebb

Square

  1. #bbae4e
  2. #4ebb77
  3. #4e5bbb
  4. #bb4e92

Monochromatic

  1. #514b1f
  2. #887e34
  3. #bbae4e
  4. #d0c785
  5. #e5e1bd

Shades

#bbae4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbae4e
  2. #a89d46
  3. #968b3e
  4. #837a37
  5. #70682f
  6. #5e5727
  7. #4b461f
  8. #383417
  9. #252310
  10. #131108
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbae4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbae4e
  2. #c2b660
  3. #c9be71
  4. #cfc683
  5. #d6ce95
  6. #ddd7a7
  7. #e4dfb8
  8. #ebe7ca
  9. #f1efdc
  10. #f8f7ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbae4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbae4e
  2. #b5a953
  3. #afa558
  4. #a9a05d
  5. #a39c62
  6. #9e9767
  7. #98926c
  8. #928e71
  9. #8c8976
  10. #86857b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2ad90 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bca944 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0af53 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c8a399 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bcab48 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #beae51 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c3a881 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbae4e {
  color: #bbae4e;
}
Background
.bg-bbae4e {
  background-color: #bbae4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbae4e {
  border: 2px solid #bbae4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbae4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 174 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 44% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbae4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbae4e, #92bb4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbae4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 174 78 / 0.35);
}

#c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 2.36 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.39 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 4.56 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.34 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.37 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 8.76 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 10.26 #4451b1 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Vegas Gold
#bbae4e  rgb(187, 174, 78)  hsl(53, 44%, 52%)  Vegas Gold
#4e5bbb  rgb(78, 91, 187)  hsl(233, 44%, 52%)  Iris
#4ebbae  rgb(78, 187, 174)  hsl(173, 44%, 52%)  Verdigris
#ae4ebb  rgb(174, 78, 187)  hsl(293, 44%, 52%)  Purpureus