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#BCA87F

#bca87f ≈ Ecru

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#bca87f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 65.88% green and 49.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.64% magenta, 32.45% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 40.33°, with 31.28% saturation and 61.76% 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 9.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Ecru (#c2b280), ΔE 3.93.

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Relative luminance0.4023

Complementary

  1. #bca87f
  2. #7f93bc

Split complementary

  1. #bca87f
  2. #7fb1bc
  3. #897fbc

Analogous

  1. #bc897f
  2. #bca87f
  3. #b1bc7f

Triadic

  1. #bca87f
  2. #7fbca8
  3. #a87fbc

Tetradic

  1. #bca87f
  2. #93bc7f
  3. #7f93bc
  4. #a87fbc

Square

  1. #bca87f
  2. #7fbc89
  3. #7f93bc
  4. #bc7fb1

Monochromatic

  1. #6a5a38
  2. #9d8452
  3. #bca87f
  4. #d6cab1
  5. #f1ece3

Shades

#bca87f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bca87f
  2. #a99772
  3. #968666
  4. #847659
  5. #71654c
  6. #5e5440
  7. #4b4333
  8. #383226
  9. #262219
  10. #13110d
  11. #000000

Tints

#bca87f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bca87f
  2. #c3b18c
  3. #c9b999
  4. #d0c2a5
  5. #d7cbb2
  6. #ded4bf
  7. #e4dccc
  8. #ebe5d9
  9. #f2eee5
  10. #f8f6f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bca87f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bca87f
  2. #b6a47f
  3. #b0a07f
  4. #aa9c7f
  5. #a4987f
  6. #9e9480
  7. #989080
  8. #928c80
  9. #8c8880
  10. #868480
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2a99b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b2a77c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7ac80 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c6a19d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b6a77d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b9ab80 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c2a492 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bca87f {
  color: #bca87f;
}
Background
.bg-bca87f {
  background-color: #bca87f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bca87f {
  border: 2px solid #bca87f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bca87f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 168 127;
  --color-primary-hsl: 40 31% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bca87f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bca87f, #b1bc7f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bca87f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 168 127 / 0.35);
}

#c2b280 Ecru ΔE 3.93 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 5.47 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 6.95 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 7.36 #deb887 Burly Wood ΔE 7.75 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.75 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 10.39 #435780 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Ecru
#bca87f  rgb(188, 168, 127)  hsl(40, 31%, 62%)  Ecru
#7f93bc  rgb(127, 147, 188)  hsl(220, 31%, 62%)  Cool Gray
#7fbca8  rgb(127, 188, 168)  hsl(160, 31%, 62%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a87fbc  rgb(168, 127, 188)  hsl(280, 31%, 62%)  Purple Mountain Majesty