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#BFB935

#bfb935 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bfb935 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 20.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.14% magenta, 72.25% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 57.39°, with 56.56% saturation and 47.84% 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 10.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 5.48.

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Relative luminance0.4603

Complementary

  1. #bfb935
  2. #353bbf

Split complementary

  1. #bfb935
  2. #3580bf
  3. #7435bf

Analogous

  1. #bf7435
  2. #bfb935
  3. #80bf35

Triadic

  1. #bfb935
  2. #35bfb9
  3. #b935bf

Tetradic

  1. #bfb935
  2. #3bbf35
  3. #353bbf
  4. #b935bf

Square

  1. #bfb935
  2. #35bf74
  3. #353bbf
  4. #bf3580

Monochromatic

  1. #474514
  2. #837f24
  3. #bfb935
  4. #d6d16b
  5. #e6e4a7

Shades

#bfb935 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfb935
  2. #aca730
  3. #99942a
  4. #868225
  5. #736f20
  6. #605d1b
  7. #4c4a15
  8. #393810
  9. #26250b
  10. #131305
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfb935 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfb935
  2. #c5c049
  3. #ccc75d
  4. #d2ce72
  5. #d9d586
  6. #dfdc9a
  7. #e5e3ae
  8. #eceac2
  9. #f2f1d7
  10. #f9f8eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfb935 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfb935
  2. #b9b33d
  3. #b2ae44
  4. #aca84c
  5. #a6a253
  6. #a09d5b
  7. #999762
  8. #93916a
  9. #8d8b71
  10. #868679
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9b693 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c9b21d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ccb73f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cdad9f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c5b528 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c7b83b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c8b282 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfb935 {
  color: #bfb935;
}
Background
.bg-bfb935 {
  background-color: #bfb935;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfb935 {
  border: 2px solid #bfb935;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfb935;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 185 53;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 57% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfb935 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfb935, #80bf35);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfb935 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 185 53 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.48 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.78 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.26 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.37 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.36 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.76 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 8.93 #4046ca Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bfb935  rgb(191, 185, 53)  hsl(57, 57%, 48%)  Old Gold
#353bbf  rgb(53, 59, 191)  hsl(237, 57%, 48%)  Persian Blue
#35bfb9  rgb(53, 191, 185)  hsl(177, 57%, 48%)  Tiffany Blue
#b935bf  rgb(185, 53, 191)  hsl(297, 57%, 48%)  Purpureus