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#BFBB3E

#bfbb3e ≈ Vegas Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bfbb3e 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 24.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.09% magenta, 67.54% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 58.14°, with 50.99% saturation and 49.61% 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 10.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vegas Gold (#c5b358), ΔE 5.69.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4696

Complementary

  1. #bfbb3e
  2. #3e42bf

Split complementary

  1. #bfbb3e
  2. #3e83bf
  3. #7b3ebf

Analogous

  1. #bf7b3e
  2. #bfbb3e
  3. #83bf3e

Triadic

  1. #bfbb3e
  2. #3ebfbb
  3. #bb3ebf

Tetradic

  1. #bfbb3e
  2. #42bf3e
  3. #3e42bf
  4. #bb3ebf

Square

  1. #bfbb3e
  2. #3ebf7b
  3. #3e42bf
  4. #bf3e83

Monochromatic

  1. #4c4a19
  2. #85822b
  3. #bfbb3e
  4. #d3d077
  5. #e6e4b0

Shades

#bfbb3e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfbb3e
  2. #aca838
  3. #999632
  4. #86832b
  5. #737025
  6. #605e1f
  7. #4c4b19
  8. #393813
  9. #26250c
  10. #131306
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfbb3e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfbb3e
  2. #c5c251
  3. #ccc965
  4. #d2cf78
  5. #d9d68b
  6. #dfdd9f
  7. #e5e4b2
  8. #ecebc5
  9. #f2f1d8
  10. #f9f8ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfbb3e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfbb3e
  2. #b9b545
  3. #b2af4b
  4. #aca952
  5. #a6a358
  6. #a09e5f
  7. #999866
  8. #93926c
  9. #8d8c73
  10. #868679
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bab895 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cab42c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdb946 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cdafa2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6b734 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c7ba43 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c7b485 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfbb3e {
  color: #bfbb3e;
}
Background
.bg-bfbb3e {
  background-color: #bfbb3e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfbb3e {
  border: 2px solid #bfbb3e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfbb3e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 187 62;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 51% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfbb3e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfbb3e, #83bf3e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfbb3e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 187 62 / 0.35);
}

#c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.69 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.01 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.54 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 6.71 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 8.37 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.66 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.32 #4044c1 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Vegas Gold
#bfbb3e  rgb(191, 187, 62)  hsl(58, 51%, 50%)  Vegas Gold
#3e42bf  rgb(62, 66, 191)  hsl(238, 51%, 50%)  Ocean Blue
#3ebfbb  rgb(62, 191, 187)  hsl(178, 51%, 50%)  Tiffany Blue
#bb3ebf  rgb(187, 62, 191)  hsl(298, 51%, 50%)  Medium Orchid