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#BDB616

#bdb616 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bdb616 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.12% red, 71.37% green and 8.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.7% magenta, 88.36% yellow and 25.88% black. Its hue angle is 57.49°, with 79.15% saturation and 41.37% 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 9.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 5.68.

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Relative luminance0.4433

Complementary

  1. #bdb616
  2. #161dbd

Split complementary

  1. #bdb616
  2. #1670bd
  3. #6316bd

Analogous

  1. #bd6316
  2. #bdb616
  3. #70bd16

Triadic

  1. #bdb616
  2. #16bdb6
  3. #b616bd

Tetradic

  1. #bdb616
  2. #1dbd16
  3. #161dbd
  4. #b616bd

Square

  1. #bdb616
  2. #16bd63
  3. #161dbd
  4. #bd1670

Monochromatic

  1. #343206
  2. #78740e
  3. #bdb616
  4. #e8e038
  5. #f0eb7c

Shades

#bdb616 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bdb616
  2. #aaa414
  3. #979212
  4. #847f0f
  5. #716d0d
  6. #5f5b0b
  7. #4c4909
  8. #393707
  9. #262404
  10. #131202
  11. #000000

Tints

#bdb616 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bdb616
  2. #c4bd2d
  3. #cac545
  4. #d1cc5c
  5. #d7d373
  6. #dedb8b
  7. #e5e2a2
  8. #ebe9b9
  9. #f2f0d0
  10. #f8f8e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bdb616 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bdb616
  2. #b7b121
  3. #b1ab2b
  4. #aba636
  5. #a5a040
  6. #9f9b4b
  7. #989656
  8. #929060
  9. #8c8b6b
  10. #868575
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b6b38e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7af00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cab429 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cca99b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c3b200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c5b522 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c6ae7c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bdb616 {
  color: #bdb616;
}
Background
.bg-bdb616 {
  background-color: #bdb616;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bdb616 {
  border: 2px solid #bdb616;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bdb616;
  --color-primary-rgb: 189 182 22;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 79% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bdb616 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bdb616, #70bd16);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bdb616 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(189 182 22 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.68 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.74 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.08 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.14 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.72 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.19 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 10.40 #4249e9 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bdb616  rgb(189, 182, 22)  hsl(57, 79%, 41%)  Old Gold
#161dbd  rgb(22, 29, 189)  hsl(237, 79%, 41%)  Medium Blue
#16bdb6  rgb(22, 189, 182)  hsl(177, 79%, 41%)  Tiffany Blue
#b616bd  rgb(182, 22, 189)  hsl(297, 79%, 41%)  Dark Orchid