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#BFBD4E

#bfbd4e ≈ Dark Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bfbd4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 74.12% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.05% magenta, 59.16% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 58.94°, with 46.89% saturation and 52.75% 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 10.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Khaki (#bdb76b), ΔE 5.29.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.4802

Complementary

  1. #bfbd4e
  2. #4e50bf

Split complementary

  1. #bfbd4e
  2. #4e89bf
  3. #854ebf

Analogous

  1. #bf854e
  2. #bfbd4e
  3. #89bf4e

Triadic

  1. #bfbd4e
  2. #4ebfbd
  3. #bd4ebf

Tetradic

  1. #bfbd4e
  2. #50bf4e
  3. #4e50bf
  4. #bd4ebf

Square

  1. #bfbd4e
  2. #4ebf85
  3. #4e50bf
  4. #bf4e89

Monochromatic

  1. #55541f
  2. #8d8c33
  3. #bfbd4e
  4. #d3d286
  5. #e8e7be

Shades

#bfbd4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfbd4e
  2. #acaa46
  3. #99973e
  4. #868437
  5. #73712f
  6. #605f27
  7. #4c4c1f
  8. #393917
  9. #262610
  10. #131308
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfbd4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfbd4e
  2. #c5c460
  3. #ccca71
  4. #d2d183
  5. #d9d795
  6. #dfdea7
  7. #e5e5b8
  8. #ecebca
  9. #f2f2dc
  10. #f9f8ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfbd4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfbd4e
  2. #b9b753
  3. #b2b158
  4. #acab5d
  5. #a6a562
  6. #a09f67
  7. #99986c
  8. #939271
  9. #8d8c76
  10. #86867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbba99 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cbb641 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdba54 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ccb2a5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c7b947 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c8bb52 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c7b68b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfbd4e {
  color: #bfbd4e;
}
Background
.bg-bfbd4e {
  background-color: #bfbd4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfbd4e {
  border: 2px solid #bfbd4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfbd4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 189 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 47% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfbd4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfbd4e, #89bf4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfbd4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 189 78 / 0.35);
}

#bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.29 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.38 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.83 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.87 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 7.74 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 8.98 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 9.66 #4042b1 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Dark Khaki
#bfbd4e  rgb(191, 189, 78)  hsl(59, 47%, 53%)  Dark Khaki
#4e50bf  rgb(78, 80, 191)  hsl(239, 47%, 53%)  Iris
#4ebfbd  rgb(78, 191, 189)  hsl(179, 47%, 53%)  Tiffany Blue
#bd4ebf  rgb(189, 78, 191)  hsl(299, 47%, 53%)  Medium Orchid