ColorTool
Log in
#BFB331

#bfb331 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
Check contrast Explore in graph Random color

#bfb331 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 70.2% green and 19.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.28% magenta, 74.35% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 54.93°, with 59.17% saturation and 47.06% 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 9.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 4.09.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

HEX
RGB
RGB percent
CMY
CMYK
HSL
HSV / HSB
Web safe#cccc33
CIE-LAB
XYZ
xyY
CIE-LCH
CIE-LUV
Hunter-Lab
OKLab
Binary
Decimal
Relative luminance0.4354

Complementary

  1. #bfb331
  2. #313dbf

Split complementary

  1. #bfb331
  2. #3184bf
  3. #6c31bf

Analogous

  1. #bf6c31
  2. #bfb331
  3. #84bf31

Triadic

  1. #bfb331
  2. #31bfb3
  3. #b331bf

Tetradic

  1. #bfb331
  2. #3dbf31
  3. #313dbf
  4. #b331bf

Square

  1. #bfb331
  2. #31bf6c
  3. #313dbf
  4. #bf3184

Monochromatic

  1. #454112
  2. #827a21
  3. #bfb331
  4. #d7ce65
  5. #e7e1a2

Shades

#bfb331 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfb331
  2. #aca12c
  3. #998f27
  4. #867d22
  5. #736b1d
  6. #605a19
  7. #4c4814
  8. #39360f
  9. #26240a
  10. #131205
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfb331 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfb331
  2. #c5bb46
  3. #ccc25a
  4. #d2ca6f
  5. #d9d183
  6. #dfd998
  7. #e5e1ad
  8. #ece8c1
  9. #f2f0d6
  10. #f9f7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfb331 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfb331
  2. #b9ae39
  3. #b2a941
  4. #aca449
  5. #a69f51
  6. #a09a59
  7. #999460
  8. #938f68
  9. #8d8a70
  10. #868578
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b6b18f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3ad17 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7b33a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cea69a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2af24 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4b337 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c8ac7d ≈ 0.0002% of males
Simulate on your own image

Text in this color

Background in this color

Border in this color

Text color
.text-bfb331 {
  color: #bfb331;
}
Background
.bg-bfb331 {
  background-color: #bfb331;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfb331 {
  border: 2px solid #bfb331;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfb331;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 179 49;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 59% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfb331 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfb331, #84bf31);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfb331 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 179 49 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.09 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.75 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.90 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.09 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.53 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.94 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.79 #404cce Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bfb331  rgb(191, 179, 49)  hsl(55, 59%, 47%)  Old Gold
#313dbf  rgb(49, 61, 191)  hsl(235, 59%, 47%)  Persian Blue
#31bfb3  rgb(49, 191, 179)  hsl(175, 59%, 47%)  Tiffany Blue
#b331bf  rgb(179, 49, 191)  hsl(295, 59%, 47%)  Purpureus