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#BBBC2B

#bbbc2b ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bbbc2b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 73.73% green and 16.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.53% cyan, 0% magenta, 77.13% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 60.41°, with 62.77% saturation and 45.29% 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 10.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 7.3.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4671

Complementary

  1. #bbbc2b
  2. #2c2bbc

Split complementary

  1. #bbbc2b
  2. #2b72bc
  3. #742bbc

Analogous

  1. #bc742b
  2. #bbbc2b
  3. #72bc2b

Triadic

  1. #bbbc2b
  2. #2bbbbc
  3. #bc2bbb

Tetradic

  1. #bbbc2b
  2. #2bbc2c
  3. #2c2bbc
  4. #bc2bbb

Square

  1. #bbbc2b
  2. #2bbc74
  3. #2c2bbc
  4. #bc2b72

Monochromatic

  1. #3f3f0f
  2. #7d7e1d
  3. #bbbc2b
  4. #d8d95a
  5. #e7e898

Shades

#bbbc2b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbbc2b
  2. #a8a927
  3. #969622
  4. #83841e
  5. #70711a
  6. #5e5e16
  7. #4b4b11
  8. #38380d
  9. #252609
  10. #131304
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbbc2b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbbc2b
  2. #c2c340
  3. #c9c955
  4. #cfd06b
  5. #d6d780
  6. #ddde95
  7. #e4e4aa
  8. #ebebbf
  9. #f1f2d5
  10. #f8f8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbbc2b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbbc2b
  2. #b5b634
  3. #afb03c
  4. #a9aa45
  5. #a3a44d
  6. #9e9e56
  7. #98985e
  8. #929267
  9. #8c8c6f
  10. #868678
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8b893 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cbb400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdb838 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c9b0a1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c5b718 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c6ba33 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c3b582 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbbc2b {
  color: #bbbc2b;
}
Background
.bg-bbbc2b {
  background-color: #bbbc2b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbbc2b {
  border: 2px solid #bbbc2b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbbc2b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 188 43;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 63% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbbc2b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbbc2b, #72bc2b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbbc2b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 188 43 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.30 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.56 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.80 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.42 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.55 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 8.99 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 9.27 #4443d4 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bbbc2b  rgb(187, 188, 43)  hsl(60, 63%, 45%)  Old Gold
#2c2bbc  rgb(44, 43, 188)  hsl(240, 63%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#2bbbbc  rgb(43, 187, 188)  hsl(180, 63%, 45%)  Tiffany Blue
#bc2bbb  rgb(188, 43, 187)  hsl(300, 63%, 45%)  Purpureus