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#BFB136

#bfb136 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bfb136 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 69.41% green and 21.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.33% magenta, 71.73% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 53.87°, with 55.92% saturation and 48.04% 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 9.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.71.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4279

Complementary

  1. #bfb136
  2. #3644bf

Split complementary

  1. #bfb136
  2. #3688bf
  3. #6d36bf

Analogous

  1. #bf6d36
  2. #bfb136
  3. #88bf36

Triadic

  1. #bfb136
  2. #36bfb1
  3. #b136bf

Tetradic

  1. #bfb136
  2. #44bf36
  3. #3644bf
  4. #b136bf

Square

  1. #bfb136
  2. #36bf6d
  3. #3644bf
  4. #bf3688

Monochromatic

  1. #484214
  2. #837a25
  3. #bfb136
  4. #d5cb6c
  5. #e6e0a8

Shades

#bfb136 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfb136
  2. #ac9f31
  3. #998e2b
  4. #867c26
  5. #736a20
  6. #60591b
  7. #4c4716
  8. #393510
  9. #26230b
  10. #131205
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfb136 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfb136
  2. #c5b94a
  3. #ccc15e
  4. #d2c872
  5. #d9d086
  6. #dfd89b
  7. #e5e0af
  8. #ece8c3
  9. #f2efd7
  10. #f9f7eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfb136 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfb136
  2. #b9ac3d
  3. #b2a745
  4. #aca24c
  5. #a69d54
  6. #a0995b
  7. #999462
  8. #938f6a
  9. #8d8a71
  10. #868579
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b6b08e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1ab22 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5b23e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cda599 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c0ae2b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3b13b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c8aa7d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfb136 {
  color: #bfb136;
}
Background
.bg-bfb136 {
  background-color: #bfb136;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfb136 {
  border: 2px solid #bfb136;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfb136;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 177 54;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 56% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfb136 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfb136, #88bf36);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfb136 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 177 54 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.71 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.95 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.21 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.52 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.15 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.37 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 9.49 #404ec9 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bfb136  rgb(191, 177, 54)  hsl(54, 56%, 48%)  Old Gold
#3644bf  rgb(54, 68, 191)  hsl(234, 56%, 48%)  Persian Blue
#36bfb1  rgb(54, 191, 177)  hsl(174, 56%, 48%)  Tiffany Blue
#b136bf  rgb(177, 54, 191)  hsl(294, 56%, 48%)  Purpureus