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#BFB90F

#bfb90f ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bfb90f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 72.55% green and 5.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.14% magenta, 92.15% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 57.95°, with 85.44% saturation and 40.39% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 6.03.

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Relative luminance0.4581

Complementary

  1. #bfb90f
  2. #0f15bf

Split complementary

  1. #bfb90f
  2. #0f6dbf
  3. #610fbf

Analogous

  1. #bf610f
  2. #bfb90f
  3. #6dbf0f

Triadic

  1. #bfb90f
  2. #0fbfb9
  3. #b90fbf

Tetradic

  1. #bfb90f
  2. #15bf0f
  3. #0f15bf
  4. #b90fbf

Square

  1. #bfb90f
  2. #0fbf61
  3. #0f15bf
  4. #bf0f6d

Monochromatic

  1. #313004
  2. #787409
  3. #bfb90f
  4. #eee82c
  5. #f4f073

Shades

#bfb90f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfb90f
  2. #aca70e
  3. #99940c
  4. #86820b
  5. #736f09
  6. #605d08
  7. #4c4a06
  8. #393805
  9. #262503
  10. #131302
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfb90f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfb90f
  2. #c5c027
  3. #ccc73f
  4. #d2ce57
  5. #d9d56f
  6. #dfdc87
  7. #e5e39f
  8. #eceab7
  9. #f2f1cf
  10. #f9f8e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfb90f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfb90f
  2. #b9b31a
  3. #b2ae26
  4. #aca831
  5. #a6a23c
  6. #a09d48
  7. #999753
  8. #93915e
  9. #8d8b69
  10. #868675
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9b68f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cab100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdb726 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ceac9d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6b400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c7b81f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c8b17d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfb90f {
  color: #bfb90f;
}
Background
.bg-bfb90f {
  background-color: #bfb90f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfb90f {
  border: 2px solid #bfb90f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfb90f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 185 15;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 85% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfb90f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfb90f, #6dbf0f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfb90f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 185 15 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.03 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 7.47 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.58 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.61 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.13 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.60 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 10.01 #4046f0 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bfb90f  rgb(191, 185, 15)  hsl(58, 85%, 40%)  Old Gold
#0f15bf  rgb(15, 21, 191)  hsl(238, 85%, 40%)  Medium Blue
#0fbfb9  rgb(15, 191, 185)  hsl(178, 85%, 40%)  Tiffany Blue
#b90fbf  rgb(185, 15, 191)  hsl(298, 85%, 40%)  Dark Orchid