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#BDAE26

#bdae26 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bdae26 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 14.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.94% magenta, 79.89% yellow and 25.88% black. Its hue angle is 54.04°, with 66.52% saturation and 44.51% 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 9.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 4.07.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4123

Complementary

  1. #bdae26
  2. #2635bd

Split complementary

  1. #bdae26
  2. #2680bd
  3. #6326bd

Analogous

  1. #bd6326
  2. #bdae26
  3. #80bd26

Triadic

  1. #bdae26
  2. #26bdae
  3. #ae26bd

Tetradic

  1. #bdae26
  2. #35bd26
  3. #2635bd
  4. #ae26bd

Square

  1. #bdae26
  2. #26bd63
  3. #2635bd
  4. #bd2680

Monochromatic

  1. #3e390c
  2. #7d7319
  3. #bdae26
  4. #dccf53
  5. #e9e193

Shades

#bdae26 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bdae26
  2. #aa9d22
  3. #978b1e
  4. #847a1b
  5. #716817
  6. #5f5713
  7. #4c460f
  8. #39340b
  9. #262308
  10. #131104
  11. #000000

Tints

#bdae26 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bdae26
  2. #c4b63c
  3. #cabe51
  4. #d1c667
  5. #d7ce7d
  6. #ded793
  7. #e5dfa8
  8. #ebe7be
  9. #f2efd4
  10. #f8f7e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bdae26 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bdae26
  2. #b7a92f
  3. #b1a538
  4. #aba041
  5. #a59c4a
  6. #9f9753
  7. #98925c
  8. #928e65
  9. #8c896e
  10. #868577
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3ad8a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bfa800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c3af31 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cca195 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #beab13 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c1af2d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c6a678 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bdae26 {
  color: #bdae26;
}
Background
.bg-bdae26 {
  background-color: #bdae26;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bdae26 {
  border: 2px solid #bdae26;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bdae26;
  --color-primary-rgb: 189 174 38;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 67% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bdae26 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bdae26, #80bd26);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bdae26 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(189 174 38 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.07 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.25 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.38 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.52 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.45 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.50 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 9.69 #4251d9 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bdae26  rgb(189, 174, 38)  hsl(54, 67%, 45%)  Old Gold
#2635bd  rgb(38, 53, 189)  hsl(234, 67%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#26bdae  rgb(38, 189, 174)  hsl(174, 67%, 45%)  Tiffany Blue
#ae26bd  rgb(174, 38, 189)  hsl(294, 67%, 45%)  Dark Orchid