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#BFA73F

#bfa73f ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bfa73f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 65.49% green and 24.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.57% magenta, 67.02% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 48.75°, with 50.39% saturation and 49.8% 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 8.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 2.78.

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Relative luminance0.3907

Complementary

  1. #bfa73f
  2. #3f57bf

Split complementary

  1. #bfa73f
  2. #3f97bf
  3. #673fbf

Analogous

  1. #bf673f
  2. #bfa73f
  3. #97bf3f

Triadic

  1. #bfa73f
  2. #3fbfa7
  3. #a73fbf

Tetradic

  1. #bfa73f
  2. #57bf3f
  3. #3f57bf
  4. #a73fbf

Square

  1. #bfa73f
  2. #3fbf67
  3. #3f57bf
  4. #bf3f97

Monochromatic

  1. #4c4219
  2. #85752c
  3. #bfa73f
  4. #d2c278
  5. #e5dcb2

Shades

#bfa73f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfa73f
  2. #ac9639
  3. #998632
  4. #86752c
  5. #736426
  6. #605420
  7. #4c4319
  8. #393213
  9. #26210d
  10. #131106
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfa73f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfa73f
  2. #c5b052
  3. #ccb965
  4. #d2c179
  5. #d9ca8c
  6. #dfd39f
  7. #e5dcb2
  8. #ece5c5
  9. #f2edd9
  10. #f9f6ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfa73f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfa73f
  2. #b9a346
  3. #b29f4c
  4. #ac9b53
  5. #a69759
  6. #a09460
  7. #999066
  8. #938c6d
  9. #8d8873
  10. #86847a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2a88a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7a332 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #beab44 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ce9b91 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #baa538 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #beaa42 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c8a079 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfa73f {
  color: #bfa73f;
}
Background
.bg-bfa73f {
  background-color: #bfa73f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfa73f {
  border: 2px solid #bfa73f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfa73f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 167 63;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 50% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfa73f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfa73f, #97bf3f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfa73f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 167 63 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.78 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.02 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.41 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.80 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.81 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.15 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 8.16 #4058c0 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Brass
#bfa73f  rgb(191, 167, 63)  hsl(49, 50%, 50%)  Brass
#3f57bf  rgb(63, 87, 191)  hsl(229, 50%, 50%)  Sapphire
#3fbfa7  rgb(63, 191, 167)  hsl(169, 50%, 50%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a73fbf  rgb(167, 63, 191)  hsl(289, 50%, 50%)  Purpureus