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#BDB232

#bdb232 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bdb232 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.12% red, 69.8% green and 19.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.82% magenta, 73.54% yellow and 25.88% black. Its hue angle is 55.25°, with 58.16% saturation and 46.86% 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 9.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 4.43.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4289

Complementary

  1. #bdb232
  2. #323dbd

Split complementary

  1. #bdb232
  2. #3282bd
  3. #6c32bd

Analogous

  1. #bd6c32
  2. #bdb232
  3. #82bd32

Triadic

  1. #bdb232
  2. #32bdb2
  3. #b232bd

Tetradic

  1. #bdb232
  2. #3dbd32
  3. #323dbd
  4. #b232bd

Square

  1. #bdb232
  2. #32bd6c
  3. #323dbd
  4. #bd3282

Monochromatic

  1. #444012
  2. #807922
  3. #bdb232
  4. #d6cd65
  5. #e6e1a2

Shades

#bdb232 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bdb232
  2. #aaa02d
  3. #978e28
  4. #847d23
  5. #716b1e
  6. #5f5919
  7. #4c4714
  8. #39350f
  9. #26240a
  10. #131205
  11. #000000

Tints

#bdb232 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bdb232
  2. #c4ba47
  3. #cac15b
  4. #d1c970
  5. #d7d184
  6. #ded999
  7. #e5e0ad
  8. #ebe8c2
  9. #f2f0d6
  10. #f8f7eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bdb232 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bdb232
  2. #b7ad3a
  3. #b1a842
  4. #aba349
  5. #a59e51
  6. #9f9959
  7. #989461
  8. #928f69
  9. #8c8a70
  10. #868578
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5b08e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2ac1a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c6b23b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cba699 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c0ae25 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c2b238 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c6ab7d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bdb232 {
  color: #bdb232;
}
Background
.bg-bdb232 {
  background-color: #bdb232;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bdb232 {
  border: 2px solid #bdb232;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bdb232;
  --color-primary-rgb: 189 178 50;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 58% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bdb232 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bdb232, #82bd32);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bdb232 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(189 178 50 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.43 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.45 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.87 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.34 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.36 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 9.36 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 10.13 #424dcd Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bdb232  rgb(189, 178, 50)  hsl(55, 58%, 47%)  Old Gold
#323dbd  rgb(50, 61, 189)  hsl(235, 58%, 47%)  Persian Blue
#32bdb2  rgb(50, 189, 178)  hsl(175, 58%, 47%)  Tiffany Blue
#b232bd  rgb(178, 50, 189)  hsl(295, 58%, 47%)  Purpureus