Information about #BBAE48 color

#BBAE48 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#BBAE48 falls into the Yellow Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(187, 174, 72) — 73.3% red, 68.2% green, 28.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 5 / 45 / 27. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #BBAE48 reads as a confidently colored yellow and sits on the lighter side of the spectrum. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Sundance (#C4AA4D). Nearby in the Register you will also find Brass (#B5A642) and Billy T (#C1B943).

In RGB terms — rgb(187, 174, 72) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 9.3:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.3:1. No one has named #BBAE48 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#BBAE48 color variations

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

#BBAE48 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#BBAE48 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#BBAE48 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#BBAE48 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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#BBAE48 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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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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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 #BBAE48

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

Sundance color link
Sundance

#C4AA4D

Brass color link
Brass

#B5A642

Billy T color link
Billy T

#C1B943

Dark Pastel Gold color link
Dark Pastel Gold

#BBA151

Warm Olive color link
Warm Olive

#C7B63C

Rustic Gold color link
Rustic Gold

#C2A03D

Vegas Gold color link
Vegas Gold

#C5B358

Moderate Olive color link
Moderate Olive

#A8A84A

Antique Gold Metallic color link
Antique Gold Metallic

#CFA94A

Fleetwood color link
Fleetwood

#B99E56

Karma color link
Karma

#B6A237

Olive Green color link
Olive Green

#B5B35C

#BBAE48 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BBAE48
  • RGB187, 174, 72
  • CMYK0, 5, 45, 27
  • CSSrgb(187, 174, 72)
  • HSL53°, 46%, 51%
  • HSL Precise53.217°, 45.817%, 50.784%
  • HSV53°, 61%, 73%
  • HSB53°, 61%, 73%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.733
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.682
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.282
  • GLSLvec3(0.733, 0.682, 0.282)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.733, 0.682, 0.282, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.733, 0.682, 0.282)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB73.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB68.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB28.2%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDBBAE48
  • DECIMAL ID12299848
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers10 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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