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#BA9C19

#ba9c19 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ba9c19 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 61.18% green and 9.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.13% magenta, 86.56% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 48.82°, with 76.3% saturation and 41.37% 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 7.86:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 5.69.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3429

Complementary

  1. #ba9c19
  2. #1937ba

Split complementary

  1. #ba9c19
  2. #1987ba
  3. #4b19ba

Analogous

  1. #ba4b19
  2. #ba9c19
  3. #87ba19

Triadic

  1. #ba9c19
  2. #19ba9c
  3. #9c19ba

Tetradic

  1. #ba9c19
  2. #37ba19
  3. #1937ba
  4. #9c19ba

Square

  1. #ba9c19
  2. #19ba4b
  3. #1937ba
  4. #ba1987

Monochromatic

  1. #332b07
  2. #776310
  3. #ba9c19
  4. #e5c53b
  5. #eed97e

Shades

#ba9c19 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ba9c19
  2. #a78c17
  3. #957d14
  4. #826d12
  5. #705e0f
  6. #5d4e0d
  7. #4a3e0a
  8. #382f08
  9. #251f05
  10. #131003
  11. #000000

Tints

#ba9c19 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ba9c19
  2. #c1a630
  3. #c8b047
  4. #cfba5e
  5. #d6c475
  6. #ddce8c
  7. #e3d7a3
  8. #eae1ba
  9. #f1ebd1
  10. #f8f5e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ba9c19 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ba9c19
  2. #b49923
  3. #ae962e
  4. #a99438
  5. #a39142
  6. #9d8e4d
  7. #978b57
  8. #918861
  9. #8c866b
  10. #868376
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aa9d7e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ae9900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5a224 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ca8e85 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b39a00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b7a020 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c4946a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ba9c19 {
  color: #ba9c19;
}
Background
.bg-ba9c19 {
  background-color: #ba9c19;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ba9c19 {
  border: 2px solid #ba9c19;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ba9c19;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 156 25;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 76% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ba9c19 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ba9c19, #87ba19);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ba9c19 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 156 25 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.69 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.19 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.06 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.40 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.18 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 8.64 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.41 #4563e6 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Brass
#ba9c19  rgb(186, 156, 25)  hsl(49, 76%, 41%)  Brass
#1937ba  rgb(25, 55, 186)  hsl(229, 76%, 41%)  Persian Blue
#19ba9c  rgb(25, 186, 156)  hsl(169, 76%, 41%)  Mint
#9c19ba  rgb(156, 25, 186)  hsl(289, 76%, 41%)  Dark Orchid