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#BDB20E

#bdb20e ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bdb20e is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.12% red, 69.8% green and 5.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.82% magenta, 92.59% yellow and 25.88% black. Its hue angle is 56.23°, with 86.21% saturation and 39.8% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 5.06.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4269

Complementary

  1. #bdb20e
  2. #0e19bd

Split complementary

  1. #bdb20e
  2. #0e70bd
  3. #5a0ebd

Analogous

  1. #bd5a0e
  2. #bdb20e
  3. #70bd0e

Triadic

  1. #bdb20e
  2. #0ebdb2
  3. #b20ebd

Tetradic

  1. #bdb20e
  2. #19bd0e
  3. #0e19bd
  4. #b20ebd

Square

  1. #bdb20e
  2. #0ebd5a
  3. #0e19bd
  4. #bd0e70

Monochromatic

  1. #2f2c03
  2. #766f09
  3. #bdb20e
  4. #efe328
  5. #f4ec70

Shades

#bdb20e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bdb20e
  2. #aaa00d
  3. #978e0b
  4. #847d0a
  5. #716b08
  6. #5f5907
  7. #4c4706
  8. #393504
  9. #262403
  10. #131201
  11. #000000

Tints

#bdb20e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bdb20e
  2. #c4ba26
  3. #cac13e
  4. #d1c956
  5. #d7d16e
  6. #ded987
  7. #e5e09f
  8. #ebe8b7
  9. #f2f0cf
  10. #f8f7e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bdb20e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bdb20e
  2. #b7ad19
  3. #b1a825
  4. #aba330
  5. #a59e3c
  6. #9f9947
  7. #989452
  8. #928f5e
  9. #8c8a69
  10. #868575
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5b08b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3ab00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7b124 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cca597 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1ae00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3b21d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c6aa78 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bdb20e {
  color: #bdb20e;
}
Background
.bg-bdb20e {
  background-color: #bdb20e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bdb20e {
  border: 2px solid #bdb20e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bdb20e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 189 178 14;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 86% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bdb20e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bdb20e, #70bd0e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bdb20e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(189 178 14 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.06 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.07 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.85 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.79 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.60 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.47 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 10.41 #424df1 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bdb20e  rgb(189, 178, 14)  hsl(56, 86%, 40%)  Old Gold
#0e19bd  rgb(14, 25, 189)  hsl(236, 86%, 40%)  Medium Blue
#0ebdb2  rgb(14, 189, 178)  hsl(176, 86%, 40%)  Tiffany Blue
#b20ebd  rgb(178, 14, 189)  hsl(296, 86%, 40%)  Dark Orchid