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#BFBB30

#bfbb30 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bfbb30 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 73.33% green and 18.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.09% magenta, 74.87% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 58.32°, with 59.83% 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 10.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 6.05.

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Relative luminance0.4683

Complementary

  1. #bfbb30
  2. #3034bf

Split complementary

  1. #bfbb30
  2. #307bbf
  3. #7330bf

Analogous

  1. #bf7330
  2. #bfbb30
  3. #7bbf30

Triadic

  1. #bfbb30
  2. #30bfbb
  3. #bb30bf

Tetradic

  1. #bfbb30
  2. #34bf30
  3. #3034bf
  4. #bb30bf

Square

  1. #bfbb30
  2. #30bf73
  3. #3034bf
  4. #bf307b

Monochromatic

  1. #454311
  2. #827f21
  3. #bfbb30
  4. #d8d564
  5. #e7e5a1

Shades

#bfbb30 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfbb30
  2. #aca82b
  3. #999626
  4. #868322
  5. #73701d
  6. #605e18
  7. #4c4b13
  8. #39380e
  9. #26250a
  10. #131305
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfbb30 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfbb30
  2. #c5c245
  3. #ccc959
  4. #d2cf6e
  5. #d9d683
  6. #dfdd98
  7. #e5e4ac
  8. #ecebc1
  9. #f2f1d6
  10. #f9f8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfbb30 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfbb30
  2. #b9b538
  3. #b2af40
  4. #aca948
  5. #a6a350
  6. #a09e58
  7. #999860
  8. #939268
  9. #8d8c70
  10. #868678
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bab893 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cbb310 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdb83b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cdafa1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6b721 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c8b937 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c8b482 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfbb30 {
  color: #bfbb30;
}
Background
.bg-bfbb30 {
  background-color: #bfbb30;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfbb30 {
  border: 2px solid #bfbb30;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfbb30;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 187 48;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 60% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfbb30 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfbb30, #7bbf30);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfbb30 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 187 48 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.05 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.56 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.05 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.95 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.01 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 8.84 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.37 #4044cf Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bfbb30  rgb(191, 187, 48)  hsl(58, 60%, 47%)  Old Gold
#3034bf  rgb(48, 52, 191)  hsl(238, 60%, 47%)  Persian Blue
#30bfbb  rgb(48, 191, 187)  hsl(178, 60%, 47%)  Tiffany Blue
#bb30bf  rgb(187, 48, 191)  hsl(298, 60%, 47%)  Purpureus