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#BFBF4E

#bfbf4e ≈ Dark Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bfbf4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 74.9% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 59.16% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 60°, 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 10.78:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Khaki (#bdb76b), ΔE 5.68.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.4889

Complementary

  1. #bfbf4e
  2. #4e4ebf

Split complementary

  1. #bfbf4e
  2. #4e87bf
  3. #874ebf

Analogous

  1. #bf874e
  2. #bfbf4e
  3. #87bf4e

Triadic

  1. #bfbf4e
  2. #4ebfbf
  3. #bf4ebf

Tetradic

  1. #bfbf4e
  2. #4ebf4e
  3. #4e4ebf
  4. #bf4ebf

Square

  1. #bfbf4e
  2. #4ebf87
  3. #4e4ebf
  4. #bf4e87

Monochromatic

  1. #55551f
  2. #8d8d33
  3. #bfbf4e
  4. #d3d386
  5. #e8e8be

Shades

#bfbf4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfbf4e
  2. #acac46
  3. #99993e
  4. #868637
  5. #73732f
  6. #606027
  7. #4c4c1f
  8. #393917
  9. #262610
  10. #131308
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfbf4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfbf4e
  2. #c5c560
  3. #cccc71
  4. #d2d283
  5. #d9d995
  6. #dfdfa7
  7. #e5e5b8
  8. #ececca
  9. #f2f2dc
  10. #f9f9ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfbf4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfbf4e
  2. #b9b953
  3. #b2b258
  4. #acac5d
  5. #a6a662
  6. #a0a067
  7. #99996c
  8. #939371
  9. #8d8d76
  10. #86867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcbc9a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cdb841 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cfbc55 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ccb4a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c8bb47 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c9bd52 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c7b88c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfbf4e {
  color: #bfbf4e;
}
Background
.bg-bfbf4e {
  background-color: #bfbf4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfbf4e {
  border: 2px solid #bfbf4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfbf4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 191 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 47% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfbf4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfbf4e, #87bf4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfbf4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 191 78 / 0.35);
}

#bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.68 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.03 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.39 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.48 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 7.53 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 8.31 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 9.60 #4040b1 Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Dark Khaki
#bfbf4e  rgb(191, 191, 78)  hsl(60, 47%, 53%)  Dark Khaki
#4e4ebf  rgb(78, 78, 191)  hsl(240, 47%, 53%)  Iris
#4ebfbf  rgb(78, 191, 191)  hsl(180, 47%, 53%)  Verdigris
#bf4ebf  rgb(191, 78, 191)  hsl(300, 47%, 53%)  Medium Orchid