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#BFB71D

#bfb71d ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bfb71d 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 11.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.19% magenta, 84.82% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 57.04°, with 73.64% saturation and 43.14% 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 10.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 5.34.

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Relative luminance0.4503

Complementary

  1. #bfb71d
  2. #1d25bf

Split complementary

  1. #bfb71d
  2. #1d76bf
  3. #661dbf

Analogous

  1. #bf661d
  2. #bfb71d
  3. #76bf1d

Triadic

  1. #bfb71d
  2. #1dbfb7
  3. #b71dbf

Tetradic

  1. #bfb71d
  2. #25bf1d
  3. #1d25bf
  4. #b71dbf

Square

  1. #bfb71d
  2. #1dbf66
  3. #1d25bf
  4. #bf1d76

Monochromatic

  1. #3a3809
  2. #7d7713
  3. #bfb71d
  4. #e3db46
  5. #ede888

Shades

#bfb71d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfb71d
  2. #aca51a
  3. #999217
  4. #868014
  5. #736e11
  6. #605c0f
  7. #4c490c
  8. #393709
  9. #262506
  10. #131203
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfb71d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfb71d
  2. #c5be34
  3. #ccc54a
  4. #d2cd61
  5. #d9d477
  6. #dfdb8e
  7. #e5e2a5
  8. #ece9bb
  9. #f2f1d2
  10. #f9f8e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfb71d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfb71d
  2. #b9b227
  3. #b2ac31
  4. #aca73b
  5. #a6a145
  6. #a09c4f
  7. #999658
  8. #939162
  9. #8d8b6c
  10. #868676
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.01:1 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 #cbb62d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ceaa9c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c4b300 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c6b627 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c8af7d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfb71d {
  color: #bfb71d;
}
Background
.bg-bfb71d {
  background-color: #bfb71d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfb71d {
  border: 2px solid #bfb71d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfb71d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 183 29;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 74% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfb71d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfb71d, #76bf1d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfb71d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 183 29 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.34 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.69 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.78 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 7.84 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.44 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.95 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 9.98 #4048e2 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bfb71d  rgb(191, 183, 29)  hsl(57, 74%, 43%)  Old Gold
#1d25bf  rgb(29, 37, 191)  hsl(237, 74%, 43%)  Medium Blue
#1dbfb7  rgb(29, 191, 183)  hsl(177, 74%, 43%)  Tiffany Blue
#b71dbf  rgb(183, 29, 191)  hsl(297, 74%, 43%)  Dark Orchid