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#BFAE07

#bfae07 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bfae07 is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 68.24% green and 2.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.9% magenta, 96.34% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 54.46°, with 92.93% saturation and 38.82% 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 9.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 4.33.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4136

Complementary

  1. #bfae07
  2. #0718bf

Split complementary

  1. #bfae07
  2. #0774bf
  3. #5207bf

Analogous

  1. #bf5207
  2. #bfae07
  3. #74bf07

Triadic

  1. #bfae07
  2. #07bfae
  3. #ae07bf

Tetradic

  1. #bfae07
  2. #18bf07
  3. #0718bf
  4. #ae07bf

Square

  1. #bfae07
  2. #07bf52
  3. #0718bf
  4. #bf0774

Monochromatic

  1. #2b2802
  2. #756b04
  3. #bfae07
  4. #f7e21c
  5. #f9ec66

Shades

#bfae07 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfae07
  2. #ac9d06
  3. #998b06
  4. #867a05
  5. #736804
  6. #605704
  7. #4c4603
  8. #393402
  9. #262301
  10. #131101
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfae07 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfae07
  2. #c5b620
  3. #ccbe39
  4. #d2c651
  5. #d9ce6a
  6. #dfd783
  7. #e5df9c
  8. #ece7b5
  9. #f2efcd
  10. #f9f7e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfae07 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfae07
  2. #b9a913
  3. #b2a51f
  4. #aca02b
  5. #a69c37
  6. #a09744
  7. #999250
  8. #938e5c
  9. #8d8968
  10. #868574
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4ad89 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0a800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5af20 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cfa094 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bfab00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c2af18 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c9a675 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfae07 {
  color: #bfae07;
}
Background
.bg-bfae07 {
  background-color: #bfae07;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfae07 {
  border: 2px solid #bfae07;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfae07;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 174 7;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 93% 39%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfae07 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfae07, #74bf07);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfae07 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 174 7 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.33 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.64 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.48 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.71 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 9.11 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.29 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.95 #4051f8 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bfae07  rgb(191, 174, 7)  hsl(54, 93%, 39%)  Old Gold
#0718bf  rgb(7, 24, 191)  hsl(234, 93%, 39%)  Medium Blue
#07bfae  rgb(7, 191, 174)  hsl(174, 93%, 39%)  Tiffany Blue
#ae07bf  rgb(174, 7, 191)  hsl(294, 93%, 39%)  Dark Orchid