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#bbaf4e ≈ Vegas Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bbaf4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 68.63% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.42% magenta, 58.29% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 53.39°, 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 9.35:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vegas Gold (#c5b358), ΔE 2.45.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.4177

Complementary

  1. #bbaf4e
  2. #4e5abb

Split complementary

  1. #bbaf4e
  2. #4e91bb
  3. #784ebb

Analogous

  1. #bb784e
  2. #bbaf4e
  3. #91bb4e

Triadic

  1. #bbaf4e
  2. #4ebbaf
  3. #af4ebb

Tetradic

  1. #bbaf4e
  2. #5abb4e
  3. #4e5abb
  4. #af4ebb

Square

  1. #bbaf4e
  2. #4ebb78
  3. #4e5abb
  4. #bb4e91

Monochromatic

  1. #514b1f
  2. #887f34
  3. #bbaf4e
  4. #d0c885
  5. #e5e1bd

Shades

#bbaf4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbaf4e
  2. #a89e46
  3. #968c3e
  4. #837b37
  5. #70692f
  6. #5e5827
  7. #4b461f
  8. #383517
  9. #252310
  10. #131208
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbaf4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbaf4e
  2. #c2b760
  3. #c9bf71
  4. #cfc783
  5. #d6cf95
  6. #ddd7a7
  7. #e4dfb8
  8. #ebe7ca
  9. #f1efdc
  10. #f8f7ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbaf4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbaf4e
  2. #b5aa53
  3. #afa658
  4. #a9a15d
  5. #a39c62
  6. #9e9867
  7. #98936c
  8. #928e71
  9. #8c8976
  10. #86857b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3ae91 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bdaa44 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c1af53 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c8a49a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bcac48 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bfaf51 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c3a982 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbaf4e {
  color: #bbaf4e;
}
Background
.bg-bbaf4e {
  background-color: #bbaf4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbaf4e {
  border: 2px solid #bbaf4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbaf4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 175 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 44% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbaf4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbaf4e, #91bb4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbaf4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 175 78 / 0.35);
}

#c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 2.45 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.66 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 4.43 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.38 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.56 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 8.90 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 10.26 #4450b1 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Vegas Gold
#bbaf4e  rgb(187, 175, 78)  hsl(53, 44%, 52%)  Vegas Gold
#4e5abb  rgb(78, 90, 187)  hsl(233, 44%, 52%)  Iris
#4ebbaf  rgb(78, 187, 175)  hsl(173, 44%, 52%)  Verdigris
#af4ebb  rgb(175, 78, 187)  hsl(293, 44%, 52%)  Purpureus