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#bfa85b ≈ Vegas Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bfa85b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 65.88% green and 35.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.04% magenta, 52.36% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 46.2°, with 43.86% saturation and 55.29% 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 8.97:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vegas Gold (#c5b358), ΔE 3.9.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.3984

Complementary

  1. #bfa85b
  2. #5b72bf

Split complementary

  1. #bfa85b
  2. #5ba4bf
  3. #765bbf

Analogous

  1. #bf765b
  2. #bfa85b
  3. #a4bf5b

Triadic

  1. #bfa85b
  2. #5bbfa8
  3. #a85bbf

Tetradic

  1. #bfa85b
  2. #72bf5b
  3. #5b72bf
  4. #a85bbf

Square

  1. #bfa85b
  2. #5bbf76
  3. #5b72bf
  4. #bf5ba4

Monochromatic

  1. #5d5024
  2. #947f3a
  3. #bfa85b
  4. #d4c592
  5. #eae2c9

Shades

#bfa85b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfa85b
  2. #ac9752
  3. #998649
  4. #867640
  5. #736537
  6. #60542e
  7. #4c4324
  8. #39321b
  9. #262212
  10. #131109
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfa85b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfa85b
  2. #c5b16b
  3. #ccb97c
  4. #d2c28c
  5. #d9cb9d
  6. #dfd4ad
  7. #e5dcbd
  8. #ece5ce
  9. #f2eede
  10. #f9f6ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfa85b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfa85b
  2. #b9a45f
  3. #b2a062
  4. #ac9c66
  5. #a6986a
  6. #a0946e
  7. #999071
  8. #938c75
  9. #8d8879
  10. #86847c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2a990 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6a554 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bcac5e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cc9d96 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #baa657 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bdab5d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c7a282 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfa85b {
  color: #bfa85b;
}
Background
.bg-bfa85b {
  background-color: #bfa85b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfa85b {
  border: 2px solid #bfa85b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfa85b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 168 91;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 44% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfa85b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfa85b, #a4bf5b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfa85b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 168 91 / 0.35);
}

#c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 3.90 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.56 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 6.20 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 6.34 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.92 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.93 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 9.42 #4057a4 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Vegas Gold
#bfa85b  rgb(191, 168, 91)  hsl(46, 44%, 55%)  Vegas Gold
#5b72bf  rgb(91, 114, 191)  hsl(226, 44%, 55%)  Royal Blue
#5bbfa8  rgb(91, 191, 168)  hsl(166, 44%, 55%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a85bbf  rgb(168, 91, 191)  hsl(286, 44%, 55%)  Medium Orchid