Information about #BBAA68 color

#BBAA68 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#BBAA68 falls into the Yellow Color Family — Mild Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(187, 170, 104) — 73.3% red, 66.7% green, 40.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 7 / 33 / 27. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#BBAA68 is a softly balanced golden yellow that feels open and friendly. In practice it works well for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Pale Oak (#BBA46D). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Gimblet (#B9AD61) and Safari (#C0A469).

The recipe behind #BBAA68 is rgb(187, 170, 104), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #BBAA68: 9.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.3:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #BBAA68 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#BBAA68 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#BBAA68 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#BBAA68 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#BBAA68 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#BBAA68 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#BBAA68 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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#6878BB
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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#8168BB
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#68A2BB
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #BBAA68

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Pale Oak color link
Pale Oak

#BBA46D

Gimblet color link
Gimblet

#B9AD61

Safari color link
Safari

#C0A469

Golden Green color link
Golden Green

#BDB369

Iko color link
Iko

#B3AB6E

Coromandel color link
Coromandel

#B9A873

Travis color link
Travis

#B79E67

Double Canterbury Clay color link
Double Canterbury Clay

#B89F6F

Dark Khaki color link
Dark Khaki

#BDB76B

Laser color link
Laser

#C6A95E

Khaki color link
Khaki

#ADA96E

Uluru color link
Uluru

#BF9B67

#BBAA68 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BBAA68
  • RGB187, 170, 104
  • CMYK0, 7, 33, 27
  • CSSrgb(187, 170, 104)
  • HSL48°, 38%, 57%
  • HSL Precise47.711°, 37.9%, 57.059%
  • HSV48°, 44%, 73%
  • HSB48°, 44%, 73%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.733
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.667
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.408
  • GLSLvec3(0.733, 0.667, 0.408)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.733, 0.667, 0.408, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.733, 0.667, 0.408)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB73.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB66.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB40.8%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDBBAA68
  • DECIMAL ID12298856
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers17 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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