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#BFB024

#bfb024 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bfb024 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 69.02% green and 14.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.85% magenta, 81.15% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 54.19°, with 68.28% saturation and 44.51% 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 9.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.86.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4225

Complementary

  1. #bfb024
  2. #2433bf

Split complementary

  1. #bfb024
  2. #2481bf
  3. #6224bf

Analogous

  1. #bf6224
  2. #bfb024
  3. #81bf24

Triadic

  1. #bfb024
  2. #24bfb0
  3. #b024bf

Tetradic

  1. #bfb024
  2. #33bf24
  3. #2433bf
  4. #b024bf

Square

  1. #bfb024
  2. #24bf62
  3. #2433bf
  4. #bf2481

Monochromatic

  1. #3e390c
  2. #7f7518
  3. #bfb024
  4. #ded151
  5. #eae292

Shades

#bfb024 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfb024
  2. #ac9e20
  3. #998d1d
  4. #867b19
  5. #736a16
  6. #605812
  7. #4c460e
  8. #39350b
  9. #262307
  10. #131204
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfb024 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfb024
  2. #c5b83a
  3. #ccc050
  4. #d2c866
  5. #d9d07c
  6. #dfd892
  7. #e5dfa7
  8. #ece7bd
  9. #f2efd3
  10. #f9f7e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfb024 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfb024
  2. #b9ab2d
  3. #b2a636
  4. #aca240
  5. #a69d49
  6. #a09852
  7. #99935b
  8. #938e64
  9. #8d8a6e
  10. #868577
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5af8c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1aa00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5b130 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cea397 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c0ad0e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3b02c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c8a879 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfb024 {
  color: #bfb024;
}
Background
.bg-bfb024 {
  background-color: #bfb024;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfb024 {
  border: 2px solid #bfb024;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfb024;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 176 36;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 68% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfb024 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfb024, #81bf24);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfb024 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 176 36 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.86 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.81 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.53 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.50 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.60 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 9.07 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.33 #404fdb Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bfb024  rgb(191, 176, 36)  hsl(54, 68%, 45%)  Old Gold
#2433bf  rgb(36, 51, 191)  hsl(234, 68%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#24bfb0  rgb(36, 191, 176)  hsl(174, 68%, 45%)  Tiffany Blue
#b024bf  rgb(176, 36, 191)  hsl(294, 68%, 45%)  Dark Orchid