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#BDAE17

#bdae17 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bdae17 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.12% red, 68.24% green and 9.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.94% magenta, 87.83% yellow and 25.88% black. Its hue angle is 54.58°, with 78.3% saturation and 41.57% 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 9.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 4.41.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4115

Complementary

  1. #bdae17
  2. #1726bd

Split complementary

  1. #bdae17
  2. #1779bd
  3. #5b17bd

Analogous

  1. #bd5b17
  2. #bdae17
  3. #79bd17

Triadic

  1. #bdae17
  2. #17bdae
  3. #ae17bd

Tetradic

  1. #bdae17
  2. #26bd17
  3. #1726bd
  4. #ae17bd

Square

  1. #bdae17
  2. #17bd5b
  3. #1726bd
  4. #bd1779

Monochromatic

  1. #353006
  2. #796f0f
  3. #bdae17
  4. #e7d73a
  5. #efe57e

Shades

#bdae17 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bdae17
  2. #aa9d15
  3. #978b12
  4. #847a10
  5. #71680e
  6. #5f570c
  7. #4c4609
  8. #393407
  9. #262305
  10. #131102
  11. #000000

Tints

#bdae17 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bdae17
  2. #c4b62e
  3. #cabe45
  4. #d1c65d
  5. #d7ce74
  6. #ded78b
  7. #e5dfa2
  8. #ebe7b9
  9. #f2efd1
  10. #f8f7e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bdae17 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bdae17
  2. #b7a922
  3. #b1a52c
  4. #aba037
  5. #a59c41
  6. #9f974c
  7. #989256
  8. #928e61
  9. #8c896b
  10. #868576
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3ad89 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bfa800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c4af27 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cca194 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #beaa00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c1ae22 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c6a676 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bdae17 {
  color: #bdae17;
}
Background
.bg-bdae17 {
  background-color: #bdae17;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bdae17 {
  border: 2px solid #bdae17;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bdae17;
  --color-primary-rgb: 189 174 23;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 78% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bdae17 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bdae17, #79bd17);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bdae17 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(189 174 23 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.41 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.04 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.24 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.76 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.30 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 9.41 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.65 #4251e8 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bdae17  rgb(189, 174, 23)  hsl(55, 78%, 42%)  Old Gold
#1726bd  rgb(23, 38, 189)  hsl(235, 78%, 42%)  Medium Blue
#17bdae  rgb(23, 189, 174)  hsl(175, 78%, 42%)  Tiffany Blue
#ae17bd  rgb(174, 23, 189)  hsl(295, 78%, 42%)  Dark Orchid