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#BFAA5C

#bfaa5c ≈ Vegas Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bfaa5c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 66.67% green and 36.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.99% magenta, 51.83% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 47.27°, with 43.61% saturation and 55.49% 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 9.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vegas Gold (#c5b358), ΔE 3.22.

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Relative luminance0.406

Complementary

  1. #bfaa5c
  2. #5c71bf

Split complementary

  1. #bfaa5c
  2. #5ca3bf
  3. #785cbf

Analogous

  1. #bf785c
  2. #bfaa5c
  3. #a3bf5c

Triadic

  1. #bfaa5c
  2. #5cbfaa
  3. #aa5cbf

Tetradic

  1. #bfaa5c
  2. #71bf5c
  3. #5c71bf
  4. #aa5cbf

Square

  1. #bfaa5c
  2. #5cbf78
  3. #5c71bf
  4. #bf5ca3

Monochromatic

  1. #5d5125
  2. #94813a
  3. #bfaa5c
  4. #d5c793
  5. #eae3ca

Shades

#bfaa5c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfaa5c
  2. #ac9953
  3. #99884a
  4. #867740
  5. #736637
  6. #60552e
  7. #4c4425
  8. #39331c
  9. #262212
  10. #131109
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfaa5c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfaa5c
  2. #c5b36c
  3. #ccbb7d
  4. #d2c48d
  5. #d9cc9d
  6. #dfd5ae
  7. #e5ddbe
  8. #ece6ce
  9. #f2eede
  10. #f9f7ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfaa5c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfaa5c
  2. #b9a660
  3. #b2a263
  4. #ac9d67
  5. #a6996a
  6. #a0956e
  7. #999172
  8. #938d75
  9. #8d8879
  10. #86847c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3aa92 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8a755 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #beae5f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cc9f98 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bba858 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #beac5e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c7a484 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfaa5c {
  color: #bfaa5c;
}
Background
.bg-bfaa5c {
  background-color: #bfaa5c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfaa5c {
  border: 2px solid #bfaa5c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfaa5c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 170 92;
  --color-primary-hsl: 47 44% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfaa5c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfaa5c, #a3bf5c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfaa5c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 170 92 / 0.35);
}

#c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 3.22 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.23 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.42 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 6.20 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.62 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.00 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 9.03 #4055a3 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Vegas Gold
#bfaa5c  rgb(191, 170, 92)  hsl(47, 44%, 55%)  Vegas Gold
#5c71bf  rgb(92, 113, 191)  hsl(227, 44%, 55%)  Royal Blue
#5cbfaa  rgb(92, 191, 170)  hsl(167, 44%, 55%)  Medium Aquamarine
#aa5cbf  rgb(170, 92, 191)  hsl(287, 44%, 55%)  Medium Orchid