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#BCAA4E

#bcaa4e ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bcaa4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 66.67% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.57% magenta, 58.51% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 50.18°, with 45.08% saturation and 52.16% 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 9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 1.99.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.3999

Complementary

  1. #bcaa4e
  2. #4e60bc

Split complementary

  1. #bcaa4e
  2. #4e97bc
  3. #734ebc

Analogous

  1. #bc734e
  2. #bcaa4e
  3. #97bc4e

Triadic

  1. #bcaa4e
  2. #4ebcaa
  3. #aa4ebc

Tetradic

  1. #bcaa4e
  2. #60bc4e
  3. #4e60bc
  4. #aa4ebc

Square

  1. #bcaa4e
  2. #4ebc73
  3. #4e60bc
  4. #bc4e97

Monochromatic

  1. #524a1f
  2. #897b34
  3. #bcaa4e
  4. #d1c586
  5. #e6dfbd

Shades

#bcaa4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bcaa4e
  2. #a99946
  3. #96883e
  4. #847737
  5. #71662f
  6. #5e5527
  7. #4b441f
  8. #383317
  9. #262210
  10. #131108
  11. #000000

Tints

#bcaa4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bcaa4e
  2. #c3b360
  3. #c9bb71
  4. #d0c483
  5. #d7cc95
  6. #ded5a7
  7. #e4ddb8
  8. #ebe6ca
  9. #f2eedc
  10. #f8f7ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bcaa4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bcaa4e
  2. #b6a653
  3. #b0a258
  4. #aa9d5d
  5. #a49962
  6. #9e9567
  7. #98916c
  8. #928d71
  9. #8c8876
  10. #86847b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1aa8e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b9a645 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #beac52 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c99f96 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #baa849 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bdab51 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c4a37f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bcaa4e {
  color: #bcaa4e;
}
Background
.bg-bcaa4e {
  background-color: #bcaa4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bcaa4e {
  border: 2px solid #bcaa4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bcaa4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 170 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 45% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bcaa4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bcaa4e, #97bc4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bcaa4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 170 78 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 1.99 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 2.54 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.31 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.51 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.49 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 8.31 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.51 #4355b1 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Brass
#bcaa4e  rgb(188, 170, 78)  hsl(50, 45%, 52%)  Brass
#4e60bc  rgb(78, 96, 188)  hsl(230, 45%, 52%)  Royal Blue
#4ebcaa  rgb(78, 188, 170)  hsl(170, 45%, 52%)  Light Sea Green
#aa4ebc  rgb(170, 78, 188)  hsl(290, 45%, 52%)  Purpureus