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#BFA024

#bfa024 ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bfa024 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 14.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.23% magenta, 81.15% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 48°, with 68.28% 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 8.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 4.86.

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Relative luminance0.3635

Complementary

  1. #bfa024
  2. #2443bf

Split complementary

  1. #bfa024
  2. #2490bf
  3. #5324bf

Analogous

  1. #bf5324
  2. #bfa024
  3. #90bf24

Triadic

  1. #bfa024
  2. #24bfa0
  3. #a024bf

Tetradic

  1. #bfa024
  2. #43bf24
  3. #2443bf
  4. #a024bf

Square

  1. #bfa024
  2. #24bf53
  3. #2443bf
  4. #bf2490

Monochromatic

  1. #3e340c
  2. #7f6a18
  3. #bfa024
  4. #dec251
  5. #ead992

Shades

#bfa024 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfa024
  2. #ac9020
  3. #99801d
  4. #867019
  5. #736016
  6. #605012
  7. #4c400e
  8. #39300b
  9. #262007
  10. #131004
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfa024 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfa024
  2. #c5aa3a
  3. #ccb350
  4. #d2bd66
  5. #d9c67c
  6. #dfd092
  7. #e5d9a7
  8. #ece3bd
  9. #f2ecd3
  10. #f9f6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfa024 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfa024
  2. #b99d2d
  3. #b29a36
  4. #ac9640
  5. #a69349
  6. #a09052
  7. #998d5b
  8. #938a64
  9. #8d866e
  10. #868377
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afa183 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b29d00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #baa62d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cf9289 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b79e14 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bca42a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c9986f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfa024 {
  color: #bfa024;
}
Background
.bg-bfa024 {
  background-color: #bfa024;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfa024 {
  border: 2px solid #bfa024;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfa024;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 160 36;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 68% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfa024 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfa024, #90bf24);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfa024 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 160 36 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.86 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.31 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.87 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.53 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.16 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.14 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 9.24 #405fdb Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#bfa024  rgb(191, 160, 36)  hsl(48, 68%, 45%)  Metallic Gold
#2443bf  rgb(36, 67, 191)  hsl(228, 68%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#24bfa0  rgb(36, 191, 160)  hsl(168, 68%, 45%)  Mint
#a024bf  rgb(160, 36, 191)  hsl(288, 68%, 45%)  Dark Orchid