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#BBB341

#bbb341 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bbb341 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 70.2% green and 25.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.28% magenta, 65.24% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 56.07°, with 48.41% saturation and 49.41% 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 9.64:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.12.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4319

Complementary

  1. #bbb341
  2. #4149bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbb341
  2. #4186bb
  3. #7641bb

Analogous

  1. #bb7641
  2. #bbb341
  3. #86bb41

Triadic

  1. #bbb341
  2. #41bbb3
  3. #b341bb

Tetradic

  1. #bbb341
  2. #49bb41
  3. #4149bb
  4. #b341bb

Square

  1. #bbb341
  2. #41bb76
  3. #4149bb
  4. #bb4186

Monochromatic

  1. #49461a
  2. #827d2d
  3. #bbb341
  4. #d0ca78
  5. #e4e1b1

Shades

#bbb341 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbb341
  2. #a8a13b
  3. #968f34
  4. #837d2e
  5. #706b27
  6. #5e5a21
  7. #4b481a
  8. #383614
  9. #25240d
  10. #131207
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbb341 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbb341
  2. #c2bb54
  3. #c9c267
  4. #cfca7a
  5. #d6d18d
  6. #ddd9a0
  7. #e4e1b3
  8. #ebe8c6
  9. #f1f0d9
  10. #f8f7ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbb341 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbb341
  2. #b5ae47
  3. #afa94e
  4. #a9a454
  5. #a39f5a
  6. #9e9a61
  7. #989467
  8. #928f6d
  9. #8c8a73
  10. #86857a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4b190 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2ad32 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5b248 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c8a79b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bfaf39 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c1b245 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c3ac81 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbb341 {
  color: #bbb341;
}
Background
.bg-bbb341 {
  background-color: #bbb341;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbb341 {
  border: 2px solid #bbb341;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbb341;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 179 65;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 48% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbb341 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbb341, #86bb41);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbb341 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 179 65 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.12 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.13 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.27 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.77 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.18 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 9.87 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 10.24 #444cbe Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Brass
#bbb341  rgb(187, 179, 65)  hsl(56, 48%, 49%)  Brass
#4149bb  rgb(65, 73, 187)  hsl(236, 48%, 49%)  Ocean Blue
#41bbb3  rgb(65, 187, 179)  hsl(176, 48%, 49%)  Tiffany Blue
#b341bb  rgb(179, 65, 187)  hsl(296, 48%, 49%)  Purpureus