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#BFB71A

#bfb71a ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bfb71a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 71.76% green and 10.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.19% magenta, 86.39% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 57.09°, with 76.04% saturation and 42.55% 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 10:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 5.39.

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Relative luminance0.4502

Complementary

  1. #bfb71a
  2. #1a22bf

Split complementary

  1. #bfb71a
  2. #1a75bf
  3. #641abf

Analogous

  1. #bf641a
  2. #bfb71a
  3. #75bf1a

Triadic

  1. #bfb71a
  2. #1abfb7
  3. #b71abf

Tetradic

  1. #bfb71a
  2. #22bf1a
  3. #1a22bf
  4. #b71abf

Square

  1. #bfb71a
  2. #1abf64
  3. #1a22bf
  4. #bf1a75

Monochromatic

  1. #383608
  2. #7c7611
  3. #bfb71a
  4. #e5dd40
  5. #eee984

Shades

#bfb71a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfb71a
  2. #aca517
  3. #999215
  4. #868012
  5. #736e10
  6. #605c0d
  7. #4c490a
  8. #393708
  9. #262505
  10. #131203
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfb71a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfb71a
  2. #c5be31
  3. #ccc548
  4. #d2cd5f
  5. #d9d476
  6. #dfdb8d
  7. #e5e2a3
  8. #ece9ba
  9. #f2f1d1
  10. #f9f8e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfb71a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfb71a
  2. #b9b224
  3. #b2ac2e
  4. #aca739
  5. #a6a143
  6. #a09c4d
  7. #999657
  8. #939161
  9. #8d8b6c
  10. #868676
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8b58f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c8b000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbb52b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ceaa9c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c4b300 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c6b625 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c8af7d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfb71a {
  color: #bfb71a;
}
Background
.bg-bfb71a {
  background-color: #bfb71a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfb71a {
  border: 2px solid #bfb71a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfb71a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 183 26;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 76% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfb71a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfb71a, #75bf1a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfb71a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 183 26 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.39 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.80 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.91 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 7.80 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.48 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.10 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 10.06 #4048e5 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bfb71a  rgb(191, 183, 26)  hsl(57, 76%, 43%)  Old Gold
#1a22bf  rgb(26, 34, 191)  hsl(237, 76%, 43%)  Medium Blue
#1abfb7  rgb(26, 191, 183)  hsl(177, 76%, 43%)  Tiffany Blue
#b71abf  rgb(183, 26, 191)  hsl(297, 76%, 43%)  Dark Orchid