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#BBBE4E

#bbbe4e ≈ Dark Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bbbe4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 74.51% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 1.58% cyan, 0% magenta, 58.95% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 61.61°, with 46.28% saturation and 52.55% 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 10.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Khaki (#bdb76b), ΔE 5.66.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.4794

Complementary

  1. #bbbe4e
  2. #514ebe

Split complementary

  1. #bbbe4e
  2. #4e83be
  3. #894ebe

Analogous

  1. #be894e
  2. #bbbe4e
  3. #83be4e

Triadic

  1. #bbbe4e
  2. #4ebbbe
  3. #be4ebb

Tetradic

  1. #bbbe4e
  2. #4ebe51
  3. #514ebe
  4. #be4ebb

Square

  1. #bbbe4e
  2. #4ebe89
  3. #514ebe
  4. #be4e83

Monochromatic

  1. #53541f
  2. #8a8c33
  3. #bbbe4e
  4. #d0d386
  5. #e6e7be

Shades

#bbbe4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbbe4e
  2. #a8ab46
  3. #96983e
  4. #838537
  5. #70722f
  6. #5e5f27
  7. #4b4c1f
  8. #383917
  9. #252610
  10. #131308
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbbe4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbbe4e
  2. #c2c560
  3. #c9cb71
  4. #cfd283
  5. #d6d895
  6. #dddfa7
  7. #e4e5b8
  8. #ebecca
  9. #f1f2dc
  10. #f8f9ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbbe4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbbe4e
  2. #b5b853
  3. #afb258
  4. #a9ab5d
  5. #a3a562
  6. #9e9f67
  7. #98996c
  8. #929371
  9. #8c8c76
  10. #86867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9ba99 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ccb641 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdba55 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c7b3a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c5b947 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c6bb52 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c2b88b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbbe4e {
  color: #bbbe4e;
}
Background
.bg-bbbe4e {
  background-color: #bbbe4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbbe4e {
  border: 2px solid #bbbe4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbbe4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 190 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 62 46% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbbe4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbbe4e, #83be4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbbe4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 190 78 / 0.35);
}

#bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.66 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.49 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.61 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 8.05 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.13 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 8.19 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 9.13 #4441b1 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Dark Khaki
#bbbe4e  rgb(187, 190, 78)  hsl(62, 46%, 53%)  Dark Khaki
#514ebe  rgb(81, 78, 190)  hsl(242, 46%, 53%)  Iris
#4ebbbe  rgb(78, 187, 190)  hsl(182, 46%, 53%)  Verdigris
#be4ebb  rgb(190, 78, 187)  hsl(302, 46%, 53%)  Medium Orchid