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#bfa12c ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bfa12c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 63.14% green and 17.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.71% magenta, 76.96% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 47.76°, with 62.55% saturation and 46.08% 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 8.35:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 4.71.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3675

Complementary

  1. #bfa12c
  2. #2c4abf

Split complementary

  1. #bfa12c
  2. #2c93bf
  3. #582cbf

Analogous

  1. #bf582c
  2. #bfa12c
  3. #93bf2c

Triadic

  1. #bfa12c
  2. #2cbfa1
  3. #a12cbf

Tetradic

  1. #bfa12c
  2. #4abf2c
  3. #2c4abf
  4. #a12cbf

Square

  1. #bfa12c
  2. #2cbf58
  3. #2c4abf
  4. #bf2c93

Monochromatic

  1. #43380f
  2. #816d1e
  3. #bfa12c
  4. #dac15e
  5. #e8d99c

Shades

#bfa12c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfa12c
  2. #ac9128
  3. #998123
  4. #86711f
  5. #73611a
  6. #605116
  7. #4c4012
  8. #39300d
  9. #262009
  10. #131004
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfa12c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfa12c
  2. #c5aa41
  3. #ccb456
  4. #d2bd6b
  5. #d9c780
  6. #dfd096
  7. #e5d9ab
  8. #ece3c0
  9. #f2ecd5
  10. #f9f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfa12c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfa12c
  2. #b99e34
  3. #b29a3d
  4. #ac9745
  5. #a6944e
  6. #a09156
  7. #998d5e
  8. #938a67
  9. #8d876f
  10. #868378
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afa284 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b39e15 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #baa733 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cf948b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b89f20 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bca531 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c99971 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfa12c {
  color: #bfa12c;
}
Background
.bg-bfa12c {
  background-color: #bfa12c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfa12c {
  border: 2px solid #bfa12c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfa12c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 161 44;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 63% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfa12c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfa12c, #93bf2c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfa12c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 161 44 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.71 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.78 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.60 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.55 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.69 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.06 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 9.50 #405ed3 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#bfa12c  rgb(191, 161, 44)  hsl(48, 63%, 46%)  Metallic Gold
#2c4abf  rgb(44, 74, 191)  hsl(228, 63%, 46%)  Sapphire
#2cbfa1  rgb(44, 191, 161)  hsl(168, 63%, 46%)  Mint
#a12cbf  rgb(161, 44, 191)  hsl(288, 63%, 46%)  Dark Orchid