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#BBB331

#bbb331 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bbb331 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 70.2% green and 19.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.28% magenta, 73.8% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 56.52°, with 58.47% saturation and 46.27% 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 9.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.87.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4303

Complementary

  1. #bbb331
  2. #3139bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbb331
  2. #317ebb
  3. #6e31bb

Analogous

  1. #bb6e31
  2. #bbb331
  3. #7ebb31

Triadic

  1. #bbb331
  2. #31bbb3
  3. #b331bb

Tetradic

  1. #bbb331
  2. #39bb31
  3. #3139bb
  4. #b331bb

Square

  1. #bbb331
  2. #31bb6e
  3. #3139bb
  4. #bb317e

Monochromatic

  1. #423f11
  2. #7e7921
  3. #bbb331
  4. #d6cf62
  5. #e6e29f

Shades

#bbb331 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbb331
  2. #a8a12c
  3. #968f27
  4. #837d22
  5. #706b1d
  6. #5e5a19
  7. #4b4814
  8. #38360f
  9. #25240a
  10. #131205
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbb331 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbb331
  2. #c2bb46
  3. #c9c25a
  4. #cfca6f
  5. #d6d183
  6. #ddd998
  7. #e4e1ad
  8. #ebe8c1
  9. #f1f0d6
  10. #f8f7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbb331 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbb331
  2. #b5ae39
  3. #afa941
  4. #a9a449
  5. #a39f51
  6. #9e9a59
  7. #989460
  8. #928f68
  9. #8c8a70
  10. #868578
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4b18e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3ac17 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c6b23b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c9a79a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c0af24 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c2b237 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c4ac7d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbb331 {
  color: #bbb331;
}
Background
.bg-bbb331 {
  background-color: #bbb331;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbb331 {
  border: 2px solid #bbb331;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbb331;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 179 49;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 58% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbb331 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbb331, #7ebb31);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbb331 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 179 49 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.87 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.15 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.34 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.35 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.16 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 9.44 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 10.27 #444cce Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Brass
#bbb331  rgb(187, 179, 49)  hsl(57, 58%, 46%)  Brass
#3139bb  rgb(49, 57, 187)  hsl(237, 58%, 46%)  Persian Blue
#31bbb3  rgb(49, 187, 179)  hsl(177, 58%, 46%)  Tiffany Blue
#b331bb  rgb(179, 49, 187)  hsl(297, 58%, 46%)  Purpureus