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#BFBB35

#bfbb35 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bfbb35 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 20.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.09% magenta, 72.25% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 58.26°, with 56.56% saturation and 47.84% 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 6.01.

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Relative luminance0.4687

Complementary

  1. #bfbb35
  2. #3539bf

Split complementary

  1. #bfbb35
  2. #357ebf
  3. #7635bf

Analogous

  1. #bf7635
  2. #bfbb35
  3. #7ebf35

Triadic

  1. #bfbb35
  2. #35bfbb
  3. #bb35bf

Tetradic

  1. #bfbb35
  2. #39bf35
  3. #3539bf
  4. #bb35bf

Square

  1. #bfbb35
  2. #35bf76
  3. #3539bf
  4. #bf357e

Monochromatic

  1. #474614
  2. #838024
  3. #bfbb35
  4. #d6d36b
  5. #e6e5a7

Shades

#bfbb35 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfbb35
  2. #aca830
  3. #99962a
  4. #868325
  5. #737020
  6. #605e1b
  7. #4c4b15
  8. #393810
  9. #26250b
  10. #131305
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfbb35 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfbb35
  2. #c5c249
  3. #ccc95d
  4. #d2cf72
  5. #d9d686
  6. #dfdd9a
  7. #e5e4ae
  8. #ecebc2
  9. #f2f1d7
  10. #f9f8eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfbb35 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfbb35
  2. #b9b53d
  3. #b2af44
  4. #aca94c
  5. #a6a353
  6. #a09e5b
  7. #999862
  8. #93926a
  9. #8d8c71
  10. #868679
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bab894 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cbb41c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdb83f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cdafa1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6b728 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c8b93b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c7b483 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfbb35 {
  color: #bfbb35;
}
Background
.bg-bfbb35 {
  background-color: #bfbb35;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfbb35 {
  border: 2px solid #bfbb35;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfbb35;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 187 53;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 57% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfbb35 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfbb35, #7ebf35);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfbb35 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 187 53 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.01 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.26 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.86 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.54 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.21 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 8.67 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.34 #4044ca Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bfbb35  rgb(191, 187, 53)  hsl(58, 57%, 48%)  Old Gold
#3539bf  rgb(53, 57, 191)  hsl(238, 57%, 48%)  Persian Blue
#35bfbb  rgb(53, 191, 187)  hsl(178, 57%, 48%)  Tiffany Blue
#bb35bf  rgb(187, 53, 191)  hsl(298, 57%, 48%)  Purpureus