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#D8BF2D

#d8bf2d ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#d8bf2d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 84.71% red, 74.9% green and 17.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.57% magenta, 79.17% yellow and 15.29% black. Its hue angle is 51.23°, with 68.67% saturation and 51.18% 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 11.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.3.

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Relative luminance0.5205

Complementary

  1. #d8bf2d
  2. #2d46d8

Split complementary

  1. #d8bf2d
  2. #2d9bd8
  3. #6a2dd8

Analogous

  1. #d86a2d
  2. #d8bf2d
  3. #9bd82d

Triadic

  1. #d8bf2d
  2. #2dd8bf
  3. #bf2dd8

Tetradic

  1. #d8bf2d
  2. #46d82d
  3. #2d46d8
  4. #bf2dd8

Square

  1. #d8bf2d
  2. #2dd86a
  3. #2d46d8
  4. #d82d9b

Monochromatic

  1. #5b5011
  2. #9c891d
  3. #d8bf2d
  4. #e4d36e
  5. #f0e6ae

Shades

#d8bf2d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d8bf2d
  2. #c2ac29
  3. #ad9924
  4. #978620
  5. #82731b
  6. #6c6017
  7. #564c12
  8. #41390e
  9. #2b2609
  10. #161305
  11. #000000

Tints

#d8bf2d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d8bf2d
  2. #dcc542
  3. #e0cc57
  4. #e4d26c
  5. #e8d981
  6. #ecdf96
  7. #efe5ab
  8. #f3ecc0
  9. #f7f2d5
  10. #fbf9ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d8bf2d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d8bf2d
  2. #cfb935
  3. #c6b23e
  4. #beac46
  5. #b5a64e
  6. #aca057
  7. #a3995f
  8. #9a9367
  9. #928d6f
  10. #898678
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9bf9a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2ba00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9c338 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e9b0a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d5bc1a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d9c134 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e3b685 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d8bf2d {
  color: #d8bf2d;
}
Background
.bg-d8bf2d {
  background-color: #d8bf2d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d8bf2d {
  border: 2px solid #d8bf2d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d8bf2d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 216 191 45;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 69% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d8bf2d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d8bf2d, #9bd82d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d8bf2d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(216 191 45 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.30 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.91 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.63 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.70 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.38 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.42 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.99 #2740d2 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Old Gold
#d8bf2d  rgb(216, 191, 45)  hsl(51, 69%, 51%)  Old Gold
#2d46d8  rgb(45, 70, 216)  hsl(231, 69%, 51%)  Iris
#2dd8bf  rgb(45, 216, 191)  hsl(171, 69%, 51%)  Turquoise
#bf2dd8  rgb(191, 45, 216)  hsl(291, 69%, 51%)  Electric Purple