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#BBB60E

#bbb60e ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bbb60e is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 71.37% green and 5.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.67% magenta, 92.51% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 58.27°, with 86.07% saturation and 39.41% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 6.22.

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Relative luminance0.4405

Complementary

  1. #bbb60e
  2. #0e13bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbb60e
  2. #0e69bb
  3. #600ebb

Analogous

  1. #bb600e
  2. #bbb60e
  3. #69bb0e

Triadic

  1. #bbb60e
  2. #0ebbb6
  3. #b60ebb

Tetradic

  1. #bbb60e
  2. #13bb0e
  3. #0e13bb
  4. #b60ebb

Square

  1. #bbb60e
  2. #0ebb60
  3. #0e13bb
  4. #bb0e69

Monochromatic

  1. #2d2b03
  2. #747109
  3. #bbb60e
  4. #efe927
  5. #f4f06e

Shades

#bbb60e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbb60e
  2. #a8a40d
  3. #96920b
  4. #837f0a
  5. #706d08
  6. #5e5b07
  7. #4b4906
  8. #383704
  9. #252403
  10. #131201
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbb60e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbb60e
  2. #c2bd26
  3. #c9c53e
  4. #cfcc56
  5. #d6d36e
  6. #dddb87
  7. #e4e29f
  8. #ebe9b7
  9. #f1f0cf
  10. #f8f8e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbb60e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbb60e
  2. #b5b119
  3. #afab25
  4. #a9a630
  5. #a3a03c
  6. #9e9b47
  7. #989652
  8. #92905e
  9. #8c8b69
  10. #868575
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5b38d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6ae00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9b425 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c9a99b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2b100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4b51e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c4ae7b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbb60e {
  color: #bbb60e;
}
Background
.bg-bbb60e {
  background-color: #bbb60e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbb60e {
  border: 2px solid #bbb60e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbb60e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 182 14;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 86% 39%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbb60e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbb60e, #69bb0e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbb60e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 182 14 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.22 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.02 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.51 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.37 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.25 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.44 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.24 #4449f1 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bbb60e  rgb(187, 182, 14)  hsl(58, 86%, 39%)  Old Gold
#0e13bb  rgb(14, 19, 187)  hsl(238, 86%, 39%)  Medium Blue
#0ebbb6  rgb(14, 187, 182)  hsl(178, 86%, 39%)  Tiffany Blue
#b60ebb  rgb(182, 14, 187)  hsl(298, 86%, 39%)  Dark Orchid