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#BFA91C

#bfa91c ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bfa91c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 66.27% green and 10.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.52% magenta, 85.34% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 51.9°, with 74.43% saturation and 42.94% 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 8.91:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.99.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3954

Complementary

  1. #bfa91c
  2. #1c32bf

Split complementary

  1. #bfa91c
  2. #1c84bf
  3. #571cbf

Analogous

  1. #bf571c
  2. #bfa91c
  3. #84bf1c

Triadic

  1. #bfa91c
  2. #1cbfa9
  3. #a91cbf

Tetradic

  1. #bfa91c
  2. #32bf1c
  3. #1c32bf
  4. #a91cbf

Square

  1. #bfa91c
  2. #1cbf57
  3. #1c32bf
  4. #bf1c84

Monochromatic

  1. #3a3308
  2. #7c6e12
  3. #bfa91c
  4. #e4ce44
  5. #eddf87

Shades

#bfa91c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfa91c
  2. #ac9819
  3. #998716
  4. #867614
  5. #736511
  6. #60550e
  7. #4c440b
  8. #393308
  9. #262206
  10. #131103
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfa91c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfa91c
  2. #c5b233
  3. #ccba49
  4. #d2c360
  5. #d9cb77
  6. #dfd48e
  7. #e5dda4
  8. #ece5bb
  9. #f2eed2
  10. #f9f6e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfa91c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfa91c
  2. #b9a526
  3. #b2a130
  4. #ac9d3a
  5. #a69944
  6. #a0954e
  7. #999058
  8. #938c62
  9. #8d886c
  10. #868476
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2a987 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bba400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c1ac29 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cf9c90 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bca600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0ab24 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c9a173 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfa91c {
  color: #bfa91c;
}
Background
.bg-bfa91c {
  background-color: #bfa91c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfa91c {
  border: 2px solid #bfa91c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfa91c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 169 28;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 74% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfa91c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfa91c, #84bf1c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfa91c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 169 28 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.99 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.52 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.23 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.04 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.44 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 8.77 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.72 #4056e3 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bfa91c  rgb(191, 169, 28)  hsl(52, 74%, 43%)  Old Gold
#1c32bf  rgb(28, 50, 191)  hsl(232, 74%, 43%)  Persian Blue
#1cbfa9  rgb(28, 191, 169)  hsl(172, 74%, 43%)  Light Sea Green
#a91cbf  rgb(169, 28, 191)  hsl(292, 74%, 43%)  Dark Orchid