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#BFB417

#bfb417 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bfb417 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 70.59% green and 9.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.76% magenta, 87.96% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 56.07°, with 78.5% saturation and 41.96% 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 9.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 4.82.

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Relative luminance0.4378

Complementary

  1. #bfb417
  2. #1722bf

Split complementary

  1. #bfb417
  2. #1776bf
  3. #6017bf

Analogous

  1. #bf6017
  2. #bfb417
  3. #76bf17

Triadic

  1. #bfb417
  2. #17bfb4
  3. #b417bf

Tetradic

  1. #bfb417
  2. #22bf17
  3. #1722bf
  4. #b417bf

Square

  1. #bfb417
  2. #17bf60
  3. #1722bf
  4. #bf1776

Monochromatic

  1. #363307
  2. #7b740f
  3. #bfb417
  4. #e7dc3b
  5. #f0e87f

Shades

#bfb417 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfb417
  2. #aca215
  3. #999012
  4. #867e10
  5. #736c0e
  6. #605a0c
  7. #4c4809
  8. #393607
  9. #262405
  10. #131202
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfb417 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfb417
  2. #c5bc2e
  3. #ccc345
  4. #d2cb5d
  5. #d9d274
  6. #dfda8b
  7. #e5e1a2
  8. #ece9b9
  9. #f2f0d1
  10. #f9f8e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfb417 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfb417
  2. #b9af22
  3. #b2aa2c
  4. #aca437
  5. #a69f41
  6. #a09a4c
  7. #999556
  8. #939061
  9. #8d8a6b
  10. #868576
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7b28d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c5ad00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9b329 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cea799 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c3b000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c5b423 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c8ac7a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfb417 {
  color: #bfb417;
}
Background
.bg-bfb417 {
  background-color: #bfb417;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfb417 {
  border: 2px solid #bfb417;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfb417;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 180 23;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 79% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfb417 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfb417, #76bf17);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfb417 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 180 23 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.82 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.21 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.61 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.72 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.15 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.20 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 10.22 #404be8 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bfb417  rgb(191, 180, 23)  hsl(56, 79%, 42%)  Old Gold
#1722bf  rgb(23, 34, 191)  hsl(236, 79%, 42%)  Medium Blue
#17bfb4  rgb(23, 191, 180)  hsl(176, 79%, 42%)  Tiffany Blue
#b417bf  rgb(180, 23, 191)  hsl(296, 79%, 42%)  Dark Orchid