#bbba55

Color #bbba55

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 12.01 Nearest Tailwind class amber-200 #fee685 · ΔE 13.2

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Conversions

HEX

#bbba55

RGB

rgb(187, 186, 85)

HSL

hsl(59.4, 42.9%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(59.4, 54.5%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 54.5%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(73.77, -13.19, 50.46)

LCH

lch(73.77, 52.16, 104.65)

OKLCH

oklch(76.9%, 0.124, 108.48)

HWB

hwb(59.4, 33.3%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5556bb

Analogous

#bb8755

#bbba55

#89bb55

Triadic

#bbba55

#55bbba

#ba55bb

Split-complementary

#bbba55

#5589bb

#8755bb

Tetradic

#bbba55

#56bb55

#5556bb

#ba55bb

Square

#bbba55

#55bb87

#5556bb

#bb5589

Shades

Color #bbba55 mixed toward black.

#a2a141

#818134

#616127

#41401a

#20200d

Tints

Color #bbba55 mixed toward white.

#c6c571

#d2d18e

#dddcaa

#e8e8c6

#f4f3e3

Tones

Color #bbba55 mixed toward gray.

#b2b25d

#aaa966

#a1a16e

#999977

#90907f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bbbb78 · ΔE 5.7

Deuteranopia

#bbbb7f · ΔE 7.1

Tritanopia

#bb8c90 · ΔE 37.3

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 24.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bbba55;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bbba55]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#bbba55 (#bbba55) is rgb(187, 186, 85) in RGB.

No, #bbba55 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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