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#BBB87F

#bbb87f ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#bbb87f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 72.16% green and 49.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.6% magenta, 32.09% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 57°, with 30.61% saturation and 61.57% 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 10.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 2.61.

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Relative luminance0.4638

Complementary

  1. #bbb87f
  2. #7f82bb

Split complementary

  1. #bbb87f
  2. #7fa0bb
  3. #9a7fbb

Analogous

  1. #bb9a7f
  2. #bbb87f
  3. #a0bb7f

Triadic

  1. #bbb87f
  2. #7fbbb8
  3. #b87fbb

Tetradic

  1. #bbb87f
  2. #82bb7f
  3. #7f82bb
  4. #b87fbb

Square

  1. #bbb87f
  2. #7fbb9a
  3. #7f82bb
  4. #bb7fa0

Monochromatic

  1. #696738
  2. #9b9752
  3. #bbb87f
  4. #d6d4b1
  5. #f0efe3

Shades

#bbb87f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbb87f
  2. #a8a672
  3. #969366
  4. #838159
  5. #706e4c
  6. #5e5c40
  7. #4b4a33
  8. #383726
  9. #252519
  10. #13120d
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbb87f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbb87f
  2. #c2bf8c
  3. #c9c699
  4. #cfcda5
  5. #d6d4b2
  6. #dddcbf
  7. #e4e3cc
  8. #ebead9
  9. #f1f1e5
  10. #f8f8f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbb87f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbb87f
  2. #b5b27f
  3. #afad7f
  4. #a9a77f
  5. #a3a27f
  6. #9e9c80
  7. #989680
  8. #929180
  9. #8c8b80
  10. #868680
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8b6a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2b47b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c3b781 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c4b1a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bfb57d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0b780 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c0b49a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbb87f {
  color: #bbb87f;
}
Background
.bg-bbb87f {
  background-color: #bbb87f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbb87f {
  border: 2px solid #bbb87f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbb87f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 184 127;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 31% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbb87f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbb87f, #a0bb7f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbb87f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 184 127 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 2.61 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 3.94 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 4.85 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.73 #9ab973 Olivine ΔE 9.08 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 9.75 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 11.21 #444780 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Sage
#bbb87f  rgb(187, 184, 127)  hsl(57, 31%, 62%)  Sage
#7f82bb  rgb(127, 130, 187)  hsl(237, 31%, 62%)  Glaucous
#7fbbb8  rgb(127, 187, 184)  hsl(177, 31%, 62%)  Verdigris
#b87fbb  rgb(184, 127, 187)  hsl(297, 31%, 62%)  Sky Magenta