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#BDB63D

#bdb63d ≈ Vegas Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bdb63d 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 23.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.7% magenta, 67.72% yellow and 25.88% black. Its hue angle is 56.72°, with 51.2% saturation and 49.02% 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 9.92:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vegas Gold (#c5b358), ΔE 4.78.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4461

Complementary

  1. #bdb63d
  2. #3d44bd

Split complementary

  1. #bdb63d
  2. #3d84bd
  3. #763dbd

Analogous

  1. #bd763d
  2. #bdb63d
  3. #84bd3d

Triadic

  1. #bdb63d
  2. #3dbdb6
  3. #b63dbd

Tetradic

  1. #bdb63d
  2. #44bd3d
  3. #3d44bd
  4. #b63dbd

Square

  1. #bdb63d
  2. #3dbd76
  3. #3d44bd
  4. #bd3d84

Monochromatic

  1. #494718
  2. #837e2a
  3. #bdb63d
  4. #d2cd74
  5. #e5e2ae

Shades

#bdb63d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bdb63d
  2. #aaa437
  3. #979231
  4. #847f2b
  5. #716d25
  6. #5f5b1f
  7. #4c4918
  8. #393712
  9. #26240c
  10. #131206
  11. #000000

Tints

#bdb63d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bdb63d
  2. #c4bd50
  3. #cac564
  4. #d1cc77
  5. #d7d38b
  6. #dedb9e
  7. #e5e2b1
  8. #ebe9c5
  9. #f2f0d8
  10. #f8f8ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bdb63d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bdb63d
  2. #b7b144
  3. #b1ab4a
  4. #aba651
  5. #a5a058
  6. #9f9b5f
  7. #989665
  8. #92906c
  9. #8c8b73
  10. #868579
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7b492 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c5af2b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8b545 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cbaa9e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2b233 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4b542 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c5af82 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bdb63d {
  color: #bdb63d;
}
Background
.bg-bdb63d {
  background-color: #bdb63d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bdb63d {
  border: 2px solid #bdb63d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bdb63d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 189 182 61;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 51% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bdb63d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bdb63d, #84bd3d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bdb63d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(189 182 61 / 0.35);
}

#c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.78 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.12 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.27 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 6.36 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.41 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 9.30 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 9.36 #4249c2 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Vegas Gold
#bdb63d  rgb(189, 182, 61)  hsl(57, 51%, 49%)  Vegas Gold
#3d44bd  rgb(61, 68, 189)  hsl(237, 51%, 49%)  Ocean Blue
#3dbdb6  rgb(61, 189, 182)  hsl(177, 51%, 49%)  Tiffany Blue
#b63dbd  rgb(182, 61, 189)  hsl(297, 51%, 49%)  Purpureus