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#BBBB2E

#bbbb2e ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bbbb2e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 73.33% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 75.4% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 60°, with 60.52% saturation and 45.69% 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 10.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 7.02.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.463

Complementary

  1. #bbbb2e
  2. #2e2ebb

Split complementary

  1. #bbbb2e
  2. #2e75bb
  3. #752ebb

Analogous

  1. #bb752e
  2. #bbbb2e
  3. #75bb2e

Triadic

  1. #bbbb2e
  2. #2ebbbb
  3. #bb2ebb

Tetradic

  1. #bbbb2e
  2. #2ebb2e
  3. #2e2ebb
  4. #bb2ebb

Square

  1. #bbbb2e
  2. #2ebb75
  3. #2e2ebb
  4. #bb2e75

Monochromatic

  1. #404010
  2. #7e7e1f
  3. #bbbb2e
  4. #d7d75e
  5. #e7e79b

Shades

#bbbb2e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbbb2e
  2. #a8a829
  3. #969625
  4. #838320
  5. #70701c
  6. #5e5e17
  7. #4b4b12
  8. #38380e
  9. #252509
  10. #131305
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbbb2e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbbb2e
  2. #c2c243
  3. #c9c958
  4. #cfcf6d
  5. #d6d682
  6. #dddd97
  7. #e4e4ab
  8. #ebebc0
  9. #f1f1d5
  10. #f8f8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbbb2e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbbb2e
  2. #b5b536
  3. #afaf3e
  4. #a9a947
  5. #a3a34f
  6. #9e9e57
  7. #98985f
  8. #929267
  9. #8c8c70
  10. #868678
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8b892 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cab30a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ccb73a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c9afa1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c4b61e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c5b935 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c3b482 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbbb2e {
  color: #bbbb2e;
}
Background
.bg-bbbb2e {
  background-color: #bbbb2e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbbb2e {
  border: 2px solid #bbbb2e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbbb2e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 187 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 61% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbbb2e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbbb2e, #75bb2e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbbb2e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 187 46 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.02 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.18 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.41 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.10 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.68 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 9.11 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 9.27 #4444d1 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bbbb2e  rgb(187, 187, 46)  hsl(60, 61%, 46%)  Old Gold
#2e2ebb  rgb(46, 46, 187)  hsl(240, 61%, 46%)  Persian Blue
#2ebbbb  rgb(46, 187, 187)  hsl(180, 61%, 46%)  Tiffany Blue
#bb2ebb  rgb(187, 46, 187)  hsl(300, 61%, 46%)  Purpureus