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#bfae5a ≈ Vegas Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bfae5a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 68.24% green and 35.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.9% magenta, 52.88% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 49.9°, with 44.1% saturation and 55.1% 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 9.42:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vegas Gold (#c5b358), ΔE 1.75.

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Relative luminance0.4209

Complementary

  1. #bfae5a
  2. #5a6bbf

Split complementary

  1. #bfae5a
  2. #5a9ebf
  3. #7c5abf

Analogous

  1. #bf7c5a
  2. #bfae5a
  3. #9ebf5a

Triadic

  1. #bfae5a
  2. #5abfae
  3. #ae5abf

Tetradic

  1. #bfae5a
  2. #6bbf5a
  3. #5a6bbf
  4. #ae5abf

Square

  1. #bfae5a
  2. #5abf7c
  3. #5a6bbf
  4. #bf5a9e

Monochromatic

  1. #5c5324
  2. #938439
  3. #bfae5a
  4. #d4c991
  5. #eae4c8

Shades

#bfae5a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfae5a
  2. #ac9d51
  3. #998b48
  4. #867a3f
  5. #736836
  6. #60572d
  7. #4c4624
  8. #39341b
  9. #262312
  10. #131109
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfae5a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfae5a
  2. #c5b66b
  3. #ccbe7b
  4. #d2c68c
  5. #d9ce9c
  6. #dfd7ad
  7. #e5dfbd
  8. #ece7ce
  9. #f2efde
  10. #f9f7ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfae5a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfae5a
  2. #b9a95e
  3. #b2a562
  4. #aca065
  5. #a69c69
  6. #a0976d
  7. #999271
  8. #938e75
  9. #8d8978
  10. #86857c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5ae93 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bcaa52 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c1b05e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cca39b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bdac56 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0af5c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c7a886 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfae5a {
  color: #bfae5a;
}
Background
.bg-bfae5a {
  background-color: #bfae5a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfae5a {
  border: 2px solid #bfae5a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfae5a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 174 90;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 44% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfae5a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfae5a, #9ebf5a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfae5a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 174 90 / 0.35);
}

#c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 1.75 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.53 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 4.13 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.79 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 6.84 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.06 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 8.94 #4051a5 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Vegas Gold
#bfae5a  rgb(191, 174, 90)  hsl(50, 44%, 55%)  Vegas Gold
#5a6bbf  rgb(90, 107, 191)  hsl(230, 44%, 55%)  Royal Blue
#5abfae  rgb(90, 191, 174)  hsl(170, 44%, 55%)  Verdigris
#ae5abf  rgb(174, 90, 191)  hsl(290, 44%, 55%)  Medium Orchid