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#BBBB4E

#bbbb4e ≈ Dark Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bbbb4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 73.33% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 58.29% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 60°, with 44.49% saturation and 51.96% 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 10.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Khaki (#bdb76b), ΔE 5.05.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.4666

Complementary

  1. #bbbb4e
  2. #4e4ebb

Split complementary

  1. #bbbb4e
  2. #4e84bb
  3. #844ebb

Analogous

  1. #bb844e
  2. #bbbb4e
  3. #84bb4e

Triadic

  1. #bbbb4e
  2. #4ebbbb
  3. #bb4ebb

Tetradic

  1. #bbbb4e
  2. #4ebb4e
  3. #4e4ebb
  4. #bb4ebb

Square

  1. #bbbb4e
  2. #4ebb84
  3. #4e4ebb
  4. #bb4e84

Monochromatic

  1. #51511f
  2. #888834
  3. #bbbb4e
  4. #d0d085
  5. #e5e5bd

Shades

#bbbb4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbbb4e
  2. #a8a846
  3. #96963e
  4. #838337
  5. #70702f
  6. #5e5e27
  7. #4b4b1f
  8. #383817
  9. #252510
  10. #131308
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbbb4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbbb4e
  2. #c2c260
  3. #c9c971
  4. #cfcf83
  5. #d6d695
  6. #dddda7
  7. #e4e4b8
  8. #ebebca
  9. #f1f1dc
  10. #f8f8ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbbb4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbbb4e
  2. #b5b553
  3. #afaf58
  4. #a9a95d
  5. #a3a362
  6. #9e9e67
  7. #98986c
  8. #929271
  9. #8c8c76
  10. #86867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8b897 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c9b442 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cab854 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c7b0a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c3b747 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4b952 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c2b589 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbbb4e {
  color: #bbbb4e;
}
Background
.bg-bbbb4e {
  background-color: #bbbb4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbbb4e {
  border: 2px solid #bbbb4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbbb4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 187 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 44% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbbb4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbbb4e, #84bb4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbbb4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 187 78 / 0.35);
}

#bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.05 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.57 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.61 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.40 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 8.47 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 9.05 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 9.58 #4444b1 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Dark Khaki
#bbbb4e  rgb(187, 187, 78)  hsl(60, 44%, 52%)  Dark Khaki
#4e4ebb  rgb(78, 78, 187)  hsl(240, 44%, 52%)  Iris
#4ebbbb  rgb(78, 187, 187)  hsl(180, 44%, 52%)  Verdigris
#bb4ebb  rgb(187, 78, 187)  hsl(300, 44%, 52%)  Medium Orchid