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#BFAC00

#bfac00 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bfac00 is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 67.45% green and 0% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.95% magenta, 100% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 54.03°, with 100% saturation and 37.45% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 4.38.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4058

Complementary

  1. #bfac00
  2. #0013bf

Split complementary

  1. #bfac00
  2. #0073bf
  3. #4c00bf

Analogous

  1. #bf4c00
  2. #bfac00
  3. #73bf00

Triadic

  1. #bfac00
  2. #00bfac
  3. #ac00bf

Tetradic

  1. #bfac00
  2. #13bf00
  3. #0013bf
  4. #ac00bf

Square

  1. #bfac00
  2. #00bf4c
  3. #0013bf
  4. #bf0073

Monochromatic

  1. #262200
  2. #726700
  3. #bfac00
  4. #ffe70c
  5. #ffee59

Shades

#bfac00 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfac00
  2. #ac9b00
  3. #998a00
  4. #867800
  5. #736700
  6. #605600
  7. #4c4500
  8. #393400
  9. #262200
  10. #131100
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfac00 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfac00
  2. #c5b41a
  3. #ccbd33
  4. #d2c54d
  5. #d9cd66
  6. #dfd680
  7. #e5de99
  8. #ece6b3
  9. #f2eecc
  10. #f9f7e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfac00 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfac00
  2. #b9a80d
  3. #b2a31a
  4. #ac9f26
  5. #a69a33
  6. #a09640
  7. #99924d
  8. #938d5a
  9. #8d8966
  10. #868473
  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 #b3ab87 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bea700 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c3ae1c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cf9e92 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bea900 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c1ad14 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c9a473 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfac00 {
  color: #bfac00;
}
Background
.bg-bfac00 {
  background-color: #bfac00;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfac00 {
  border: 2px solid #bfac00;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfac00;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 172 0;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 100% 37%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfac00 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfac00, #73bf00);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfac00 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 172 0 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.38 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.62 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.17 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.88 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.06 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 9.52 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 9.84 #4053ff Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bfac00  rgb(191, 172, 0)  hsl(54, 100%, 37%)  Old Gold
#0013bf  rgb(0, 19, 191)  hsl(234, 100%, 37%)  Medium Blue
#00bfac  rgb(0, 191, 172)  hsl(174, 100%, 37%)  Tiffany Blue
#ac00bf  rgb(172, 0, 191)  hsl(294, 100%, 37%)  Dark Orchid