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#BBB60F

#bbb60f ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bbb60f 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 5.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.67% magenta, 91.98% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 58.26°, with 85.15% saturation and 39.61% 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 6.21.

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Relative luminance0.4406

Complementary

  1. #bbb60f
  2. #0f14bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbb60f
  2. #0f6abb
  3. #600fbb

Analogous

  1. #bb600f
  2. #bbb60f
  3. #6abb0f

Triadic

  1. #bbb60f
  2. #0fbbb6
  3. #b60fbb

Tetradic

  1. #bbb60f
  2. #14bb0f
  3. #0f14bb
  4. #b60fbb

Square

  1. #bbb60f
  2. #0fbb60
  3. #0f14bb
  4. #bb0f6a

Monochromatic

  1. #2d2c04
  2. #747109
  3. #bbb60f
  4. #eee829
  5. #f3f070

Shades

#bbb60f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbb60f
  2. #a8a40e
  3. #96920c
  4. #837f0b
  5. #706d09
  6. #5e5b08
  7. #4b4906
  8. #383705
  9. #252403
  10. #131202
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbb60f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbb60f
  2. #c2bd27
  3. #c9c53f
  4. #cfcc57
  5. #d6d36f
  6. #dddb87
  7. #e4e29f
  8. #ebe9b7
  9. #f1f0cf
  10. #f8f8e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbb60f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbb60f
  2. #b5b11a
  3. #afab26
  4. #a9a631
  5. #a3a03c
  6. #9e9b48
  7. #989653
  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-bbb60f {
  color: #bbb60f;
}
Background
.bg-bbb60f {
  background-color: #bbb60f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbb60f {
  border: 2px solid #bbb60f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbb60f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 182 15;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 85% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbb60f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbb60f, #6abb0f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbb60f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 182 15 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.21 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.00 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.48 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.38 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.24 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.41 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.23 #4449f0 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bbb60f  rgb(187, 182, 15)  hsl(58, 85%, 40%)  Old Gold
#0f14bb  rgb(15, 20, 187)  hsl(238, 85%, 40%)  Medium Blue
#0fbbb6  rgb(15, 187, 182)  hsl(178, 85%, 40%)  Tiffany Blue
#b60fbb  rgb(182, 15, 187)  hsl(298, 85%, 40%)  Dark Orchid