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#BFB516

#bfb516 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bfb516 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 70.98% green and 8.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.24% magenta, 88.48% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 56.45°, with 79.34% saturation and 41.76% 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 9.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 5.03.

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Relative luminance0.4418

Complementary

  1. #bfb516
  2. #1620bf

Split complementary

  1. #bfb516
  2. #1674bf
  3. #6016bf

Analogous

  1. #bf6016
  2. #bfb516
  3. #74bf16

Triadic

  1. #bfb516
  2. #16bfb5
  3. #b516bf

Tetradic

  1. #bfb516
  2. #20bf16
  3. #1620bf
  4. #b516bf

Square

  1. #bfb516
  2. #16bf60
  3. #1620bf
  4. #bf1674

Monochromatic

  1. #363306
  2. #7a740e
  3. #bfb516
  4. #e8de39
  5. #f0e97e

Shades

#bfb516 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfb516
  2. #aca314
  3. #999112
  4. #867f0f
  5. #736d0d
  6. #605b0b
  7. #4c4809
  8. #393607
  9. #262404
  10. #131202
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfb516 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfb516
  2. #c5bc2d
  3. #ccc445
  4. #d2cb5c
  5. #d9d373
  6. #dfda8b
  7. #e5e1a2
  8. #ece9b9
  9. #f2f0d0
  10. #f9f8e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfb516 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfb516
  2. #b9b021
  3. #b2aa2b
  4. #aca536
  5. #a6a040
  6. #a09b4b
  7. #999556
  8. #939060
  9. #8d8b6b
  10. #868575
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7b38d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6ae00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9b428 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cea89a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c3b100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c5b422 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c8ad7b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfb516 {
  color: #bfb516;
}
Background
.bg-bfb516 {
  background-color: #bfb516;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfb516 {
  border: 2px solid #bfb516;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfb516;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 181 22;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 79% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfb516 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfb516, #74bf16);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfb516 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 181 22 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.03 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.46 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.78 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 7.99 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.99 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.24 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 10.43 #404ae9 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bfb516  rgb(191, 181, 22)  hsl(56, 79%, 42%)  Old Gold
#1620bf  rgb(22, 32, 191)  hsl(236, 79%, 42%)  Medium Blue
#16bfb5  rgb(22, 191, 181)  hsl(176, 79%, 42%)  Tiffany Blue
#b516bf  rgb(181, 22, 191)  hsl(296, 79%, 42%)  Dark Orchid