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#B7AE56

#b7ae56 ≈ Vegas Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#b7ae56 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 71.76% red, 68.24% green and 33.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.92% magenta, 53.01% yellow and 28.24% black. Its hue angle is 54.43°, with 40.25% saturation and 52.75% 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 9.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vegas Gold (#c5b358), ΔE 3.24.

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Relative luminance0.4101

Complementary

  1. #b7ae56
  2. #565fb7

Split complementary

  1. #b7ae56
  2. #5690b7
  3. #7e56b7

Analogous

  1. #b77e56
  2. #b7ae56
  3. #90b756

Triadic

  1. #b7ae56
  2. #56b7ae
  3. #ae56b7

Tetradic

  1. #b7ae56
  2. #5fb756
  3. #565fb7
  4. #ae56b7

Square

  1. #b7ae56
  2. #56b77e
  3. #565fb7
  4. #b75690

Monochromatic

  1. #514d23
  2. #87803a
  3. #b7ae56
  4. #cec88c
  5. #e5e1c1

Shades

#b7ae56 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b7ae56
  2. #a59d4d
  3. #928b45
  4. #807a3c
  5. #6e6834
  6. #5c572b
  7. #494622
  8. #37341a
  9. #252311
  10. #121109
  11. #000000

Tints

#b7ae56 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b7ae56
  2. #beb667
  3. #c5be78
  4. #cdc689
  5. #d4ce9a
  6. #dbd7ab
  7. #e2dfbb
  8. #e9e7cc
  9. #f1efdd
  10. #f8f7ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b7ae56 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b7ae56
  2. #b2a95a
  3. #aca55e
  4. #a7a063
  5. #a19c67
  6. #9c976b
  7. #96926f
  8. #918e73
  9. #8b8978
  10. #86857c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0ad91 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bba94e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #beae5a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c3a49a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #baab51 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bbae59 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bea884 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b7ae56 {
  color: #b7ae56;
}
Background
.bg-b7ae56 {
  background-color: #b7ae56;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b7ae56 {
  border: 2px solid #b7ae56;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b7ae56;
  --color-primary-rgb: 183 174 86;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 40% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b7ae56 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b7ae56, #90b756);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b7ae56 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(183 174 86 / 0.35);
}

#c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 3.24 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.30 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 3.38 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.93 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 8.00 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.91 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 9.01 #4851a9 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Vegas Gold
#b7ae56  rgb(183, 174, 86)  hsl(54, 40%, 53%)  Vegas Gold
#565fb7  rgb(86, 95, 183)  hsl(234, 40%, 53%)  Slate Blue
#56b7ae  rgb(86, 183, 174)  hsl(174, 40%, 53%)  Verdigris
#ae56b7  rgb(174, 86, 183)  hsl(294, 40%, 53%)  Medium Orchid