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#BFB42E

#bfb42e ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bfb42e 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 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.76% magenta, 75.92% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 55.45°, with 61.18% saturation and 46.47% 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 9.78:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 4.34.

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Relative luminance0.4392

Complementary

  1. #bfb42e
  2. #2e39bf

Split complementary

  1. #bfb42e
  2. #2e81bf
  3. #6c2ebf

Analogous

  1. #bf6c2e
  2. #bfb42e
  3. #81bf2e

Triadic

  1. #bfb42e
  2. #2ebfb4
  3. #b42ebf

Tetradic

  1. #bfb42e
  2. #39bf2e
  3. #2e39bf
  4. #b42ebf

Square

  1. #bfb42e
  2. #2ebf6c
  3. #2e39bf
  4. #bf2e81

Monochromatic

  1. #444010
  2. #817a1f
  3. #bfb42e
  4. #d9d061
  5. #e8e29e

Shades

#bfb42e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfb42e
  2. #aca229
  3. #999025
  4. #867e20
  5. #736c1c
  6. #605a17
  7. #4c4812
  8. #39360e
  9. #262409
  10. #131205
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfb42e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfb42e
  2. #c5bc43
  3. #ccc358
  4. #d2cb6d
  5. #d9d282
  6. #dfda97
  7. #e5e1ab
  8. #ece9c0
  9. #f2f0d5
  10. #f9f8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfb42e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfb42e
  2. #b9af36
  3. #b2aa3e
  4. #aca447
  5. #a69f4f
  6. #a09a57
  7. #99955f
  8. #939067
  9. #8d8a70
  10. #868578
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7b28f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4ae0f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8b438 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cea79b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2b01f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4b434 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c8ad7d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfb42e {
  color: #bfb42e;
}
Background
.bg-bfb42e {
  background-color: #bfb42e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfb42e {
  border: 2px solid #bfb42e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfb42e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 180 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 61% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfb42e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfb42e, #81bf2e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfb42e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 180 46 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.34 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.17 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.28 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.40 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.77 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.67 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 9.98 #404bd1 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bfb42e  rgb(191, 180, 46)  hsl(55, 61%, 46%)  Old Gold
#2e39bf  rgb(46, 57, 191)  hsl(235, 61%, 46%)  Persian Blue
#2ebfb4  rgb(46, 191, 180)  hsl(175, 61%, 46%)  Tiffany Blue
#b42ebf  rgb(180, 46, 191)  hsl(295, 61%, 46%)  Dark Orchid