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#BFA016

#bfa016 ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bfa016 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 62.75% green and 8.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.23% magenta, 88.48% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 48.99°, with 79.34% saturation and 41.76% 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 8.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 5.06.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3628

Complementary

  1. #bfa016
  2. #1635bf

Split complementary

  1. #bfa016
  2. #1689bf
  3. #4b16bf

Analogous

  1. #bf4b16
  2. #bfa016
  3. #89bf16

Triadic

  1. #bfa016
  2. #16bfa0
  3. #a016bf

Tetradic

  1. #bfa016
  2. #35bf16
  3. #1635bf
  4. #a016bf

Square

  1. #bfa016
  2. #16bf4b
  3. #1635bf
  4. #bf1689

Monochromatic

  1. #362d06
  2. #7a670e
  3. #bfa016
  4. #e8c839
  5. #f0db7e

Shades

#bfa016 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfa016
  2. #ac9014
  3. #998012
  4. #86700f
  5. #73600d
  6. #60500b
  7. #4c4009
  8. #393007
  9. #262004
  10. #131002
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfa016 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfa016
  2. #c5aa2d
  3. #ccb345
  4. #d2bd5c
  5. #d9c673
  6. #dfd08b
  7. #e5d9a2
  8. #ece3b9
  9. #f2ecd0
  10. #f9f6e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfa016 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfa016
  2. #b99d21
  3. #b29a2b
  4. #ac9636
  5. #a69340
  6. #a0904b
  7. #998d56
  8. #938a60
  9. #8d866b
  10. #868375
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afa181 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b29d00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #baa623 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cf9288 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b89e00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bca41e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c9986d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfa016 {
  color: #bfa016;
}
Background
.bg-bfa016 {
  background-color: #bfa016;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfa016 {
  border: 2px solid #bfa016;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfa016;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 160 22;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 79% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfa016 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfa016, #89bf16);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfa016 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 160 22 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.06 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.78 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.96 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.66 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.69 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.27 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 9.49 #405fe9 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#bfa016  rgb(191, 160, 22)  hsl(49, 79%, 42%)  Metallic Gold
#1635bf  rgb(22, 53, 191)  hsl(229, 79%, 42%)  Persian Blue
#16bfa0  rgb(22, 191, 160)  hsl(169, 79%, 42%)  Mint
#a016bf  rgb(160, 22, 191)  hsl(289, 79%, 42%)  Dark Orchid