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#BFB92C

#bfb92c ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bfb92c 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 17.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.14% magenta, 76.96% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 57.55°, with 62.55% saturation and 46.08% 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 10.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 5.57.

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Relative luminance0.4596

Complementary

  1. #bfb92c
  2. #2c32bf

Split complementary

  1. #bfb92c
  2. #2c7cbf
  3. #702cbf

Analogous

  1. #bf702c
  2. #bfb92c
  3. #7cbf2c

Triadic

  1. #bfb92c
  2. #2cbfb9
  3. #b92cbf

Tetradic

  1. #bfb92c
  2. #32bf2c
  3. #2c32bf
  4. #b92cbf

Square

  1. #bfb92c
  2. #2cbf70
  3. #2c32bf
  4. #bf2c7c

Monochromatic

  1. #43410f
  2. #817d1e
  3. #bfb92c
  4. #dad55e
  5. #e8e59c

Shades

#bfb92c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfb92c
  2. #aca728
  3. #999423
  4. #86821f
  5. #736f1a
  6. #605d16
  7. #4c4a12
  8. #39380d
  9. #262509
  10. #131304
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfb92c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfb92c
  2. #c5c041
  3. #ccc756
  4. #d2ce6b
  5. #d9d580
  6. #dfdc96
  7. #e5e3ab
  8. #eceac0
  9. #f2f1d5
  10. #f9f8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfb92c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfb92c
  2. #b9b334
  3. #b2ae3d
  4. #aca845
  5. #a6a24e
  6. #a09d56
  7. #99975e
  8. #939167
  9. #8d8b6f
  10. #868678
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9b692 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c9b204 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ccb738 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cdac9f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c5b51b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c7b833 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c8b280 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfb92c {
  color: #bfb92c;
}
Background
.bg-bfb92c {
  background-color: #bfb92c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfb92c {
  border: 2px solid #bfb92c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfb92c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 185 44;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 63% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfb92c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfb92c, #7cbf2c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfb92c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 185 44 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.57 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.35 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.63 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.02 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.10 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.83 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 9.24 #4046d3 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bfb92c  rgb(191, 185, 44)  hsl(58, 63%, 46%)  Old Gold
#2c32bf  rgb(44, 50, 191)  hsl(238, 63%, 46%)  Persian Blue
#2cbfb9  rgb(44, 191, 185)  hsl(178, 63%, 46%)  Tiffany Blue
#b92cbf  rgb(185, 44, 191)  hsl(298, 63%, 46%)  Purpureus