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#BFB71F

#bfb71f ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bfb71f 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 12.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.19% magenta, 83.77% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 57°, with 72.07% saturation and 43.53% 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 5.3.

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Relative luminance0.4504

Complementary

  1. #bfb71f
  2. #1f27bf

Split complementary

  1. #bfb71f
  2. #1f77bf
  3. #671fbf

Analogous

  1. #bf671f
  2. #bfb71f
  3. #77bf1f

Triadic

  1. #bfb71f
  2. #1fbfb7
  3. #b71fbf

Tetradic

  1. #bfb71f
  2. #27bf1f
  3. #1f27bf
  4. #b71fbf

Square

  1. #bfb71f
  2. #1fbf67
  3. #1f27bf
  4. #bf1f77

Monochromatic

  1. #3b390a
  2. #7d7814
  3. #bfb71f
  4. #e1da49
  5. #ece78b

Shades

#bfb71f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfb71f
  2. #aca51c
  3. #999219
  4. #868016
  5. #736e13
  6. #605c10
  7. #4c490c
  8. #393709
  9. #262506
  10. #131203
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfb71f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfb71f
  2. #c5be35
  3. #ccc54c
  4. #d2cd62
  5. #d9d479
  6. #dfdb8f
  7. #e5e2a5
  8. #ece9bc
  9. #f2f1d2
  10. #f9f8e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfb71f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfb71f
  2. #b9b229
  3. #b2ac32
  4. #aca73c
  5. #a6a146
  6. #a09c50
  7. #999659
  8. #939163
  9. #8d8b6d
  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 #cbb62e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ceaa9c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c4b300 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c6b629 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c8af7d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfb71f {
  color: #bfb71f;
}
Background
.bg-bfb71f {
  background-color: #bfb71f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfb71f {
  border: 2px solid #bfb71f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfb71f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 183 31;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 72% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfb71f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfb71f, #77bf1f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfb71f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 183 31 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.30 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.62 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.68 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 7.88 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.42 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.84 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 9.93 #4048e0 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bfb71f  rgb(191, 183, 31)  hsl(57, 72%, 44%)  Old Gold
#1f27bf  rgb(31, 39, 191)  hsl(237, 72%, 44%)  Persian Blue
#1fbfb7  rgb(31, 191, 183)  hsl(177, 72%, 44%)  Tiffany Blue
#b71fbf  rgb(183, 31, 191)  hsl(297, 72%, 44%)  Dark Orchid