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#BBB520

#bbb520 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bbb520 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 70.98% green and 12.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.21% magenta, 82.89% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 57.68°, with 70.78% saturation and 42.94% 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 9.74:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 5.77.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4372

Complementary

  1. #bbb520
  2. #2026bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbb520
  2. #2073bb
  3. #6820bb

Analogous

  1. #bb6820
  2. #bbb520
  3. #73bb20

Triadic

  1. #bbb520
  2. #20bbb5
  3. #b520bb

Tetradic

  1. #bbb520
  2. #26bb20
  3. #2026bb
  4. #b520bb

Square

  1. #bbb520
  2. #20bb68
  3. #2026bb
  4. #bb2073

Monochromatic

  1. #38370a
  2. #7a7615
  3. #bbb520
  4. #e0da48
  5. #ebe789

Shades

#bbb520 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbb520
  2. #a8a31d
  3. #96911a
  4. #837f16
  5. #706d13
  6. #5e5b10
  7. #4b480d
  8. #38360a
  9. #252406
  10. #131203
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbb520 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbb520
  2. #c2bc36
  3. #c9c44d
  4. #cfcb63
  5. #d6d379
  6. #ddda90
  7. #e4e1a6
  8. #ebe9bc
  9. #f1f0d2
  10. #f8f8e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbb520 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbb520
  2. #b5b02a
  3. #afaa33
  4. #a9a53d
  5. #a3a046
  6. #9e9b50
  7. #98955a
  8. #929063
  9. #8c8b6d
  10. #868576
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5b28d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c5ae00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8b32f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c9a89b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1b101 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3b429 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c4ae7c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbb520 {
  color: #bbb520;
}
Background
.bg-bbb520 {
  background-color: #bbb520;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbb520 {
  border: 2px solid #bbb520;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbb520;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 181 32;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 71% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbb520 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbb520, #73bb20);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbb520 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 181 32 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.77 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.22 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.69 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.62 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.71 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.83 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.27 #444adf Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bbb520  rgb(187, 181, 32)  hsl(58, 71%, 43%)  Old Gold
#2026bb  rgb(32, 38, 187)  hsl(238, 71%, 43%)  Medium Blue
#20bbb5  rgb(32, 187, 181)  hsl(178, 71%, 43%)  Tiffany Blue
#b520bb  rgb(181, 32, 187)  hsl(298, 71%, 43%)  Dark Orchid