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#BFB91C

#bfb91c ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bfb91c 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 10.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.14% magenta, 85.34% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 57.79°, with 74.43% saturation and 42.94% 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 10.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 5.83.

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Relative luminance0.4586

Complementary

  1. #bfb91c
  2. #1c22bf

Split complementary

  1. #bfb91c
  2. #1c74bf
  3. #671cbf

Analogous

  1. #bf671c
  2. #bfb91c
  3. #74bf1c

Triadic

  1. #bfb91c
  2. #1cbfb9
  3. #b91cbf

Tetradic

  1. #bfb91c
  2. #22bf1c
  3. #1c22bf
  4. #b91cbf

Square

  1. #bfb91c
  2. #1cbf67
  3. #1c22bf
  4. #bf1c74

Monochromatic

  1. #3a3808
  2. #7c7812
  3. #bfb91c
  4. #e4de44
  5. #edea87

Shades

#bfb91c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfb91c
  2. #aca719
  3. #999416
  4. #868214
  5. #736f11
  6. #605d0e
  7. #4c4a0b
  8. #393808
  9. #262506
  10. #131303
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfb91c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfb91c
  2. #c5c033
  3. #ccc749
  4. #d2ce60
  5. #d9d577
  6. #dfdc8e
  7. #e5e3a4
  8. #eceabb
  9. #f2f1d2
  10. #f9f8e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfb91c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfb91c
  2. #b9b326
  3. #b2ae30
  4. #aca83a
  5. #a6a244
  6. #a09d4e
  7. #999758
  8. #939162
  9. #8d8b6c
  10. #868676
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9b690 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cab100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ccb72d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ceac9e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c5b500 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c7b827 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c8b17e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfb91c {
  color: #bfb91c;
}
Background
.bg-bfb91c {
  background-color: #bfb91c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfb91c {
  border: 2px solid #bfb91c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfb91c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 185 28;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 74% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfb91c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfb91c, #74bf1c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfb91c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 185 28 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.83 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.17 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.23 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 7.63 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.00 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.09 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 9.73 #4046e3 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bfb91c  rgb(191, 185, 28)  hsl(58, 74%, 43%)  Old Gold
#1c22bf  rgb(28, 34, 191)  hsl(238, 74%, 43%)  Medium Blue
#1cbfb9  rgb(28, 191, 185)  hsl(178, 74%, 43%)  Tiffany Blue
#b91cbf  rgb(185, 28, 191)  hsl(298, 74%, 43%)  Dark Orchid