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#BEB00A

#beb00a ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#beb00a is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.51% red, 69.02% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.37% magenta, 94.74% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 55.33°, with 90% saturation and 39.22% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.4:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 4.64.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4202

Complementary

  1. #beb00a
  2. #0a18be

Split complementary

  1. #beb00a
  2. #0a72be
  3. #560abe

Analogous

  1. #be560a
  2. #beb00a
  3. #72be0a

Triadic

  1. #beb00a
  2. #0abeb0
  3. #b00abe

Tetradic

  1. #beb00a
  2. #18be0a
  3. #0a18be
  4. #b00abe

Square

  1. #beb00a
  2. #0abe56
  3. #0a18be
  4. #be0a72

Monochromatic

  1. #2d2902
  2. #756d06
  3. #beb00a
  4. #f3e321
  5. #f7ec6a

Shades

#beb00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #beb00a
  2. #ab9e09
  3. #988d08
  4. #857b07
  5. #726a06
  6. #5f5805
  7. #4c4604
  8. #393503
  9. #262302
  10. #131201
  11. #000000

Tints

#beb00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #beb00a
  2. #c5b823
  3. #cbc03b
  4. #d2c854
  5. #d8d06c
  6. #dfd885
  7. #e5df9d
  8. #ece7b6
  9. #f2efce
  10. #f9f7e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#beb00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #beb00a
  2. #b8ab16
  3. #b2a622
  4. #aba22d
  5. #a59d39
  6. #9f9845
  7. #999351
  8. #938e5d
  9. #8c8a68
  10. #868574
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4ae8a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1aa00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c6b021 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cda396 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c0ac00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3b01a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c7a877 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-beb00a {
  color: #beb00a;
}
Background
.bg-beb00a {
  background-color: #beb00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-beb00a {
  border: 2px solid #beb00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #beb00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 190 176 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 90% 39%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-beb00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #beb00a, #72be0a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-beb00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(190 176 10 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.64 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.81 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.74 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.13 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.81 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.70 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.84 #414ff5 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Old Gold
#beb00a  rgb(190, 176, 10)  hsl(55, 90%, 39%)  Old Gold
#0a18be  rgb(10, 24, 190)  hsl(235, 90%, 39%)  Medium Blue
#0abeb0  rgb(10, 190, 176)  hsl(175, 90%, 39%)  Tiffany Blue
#b00abe  rgb(176, 10, 190)  hsl(295, 90%, 39%)  Dark Orchid