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#BCAC4E

#bcac4e ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bcac4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 67.45% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.51% magenta, 58.51% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 51.27°, 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 9.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 2.04.

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Relative luminance0.4075

Complementary

  1. #bcac4e
  2. #4e5ebc

Split complementary

  1. #bcac4e
  2. #4e95bc
  3. #754ebc

Analogous

  1. #bc754e
  2. #bcac4e
  3. #95bc4e

Triadic

  1. #bcac4e
  2. #4ebcac
  3. #ac4ebc

Tetradic

  1. #bcac4e
  2. #5ebc4e
  3. #4e5ebc
  4. #ac4ebc

Square

  1. #bcac4e
  2. #4ebc75
  3. #4e5ebc
  4. #bc4e95

Monochromatic

  1. #524b1f
  2. #897d34
  3. #bcac4e
  4. #d1c686
  5. #e6e0bd

Shades

#bcac4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bcac4e
  2. #a99b46
  3. #968a3e
  4. #847837
  5. #71672f
  6. #5e5627
  7. #4b451f
  8. #383417
  9. #262210
  10. #131108
  11. #000000

Tints

#bcac4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bcac4e
  2. #c3b460
  3. #c9bd71
  4. #d0c583
  5. #d7cd95
  6. #ded6a7
  7. #e4deb8
  8. #ebe6ca
  9. #f2eedc
  10. #f8f7ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bcac4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bcac4e
  2. #b6a853
  3. #b0a358
  4. #aa9f5d
  5. #a49a62
  6. #9e9667
  7. #98926c
  8. #928d71
  9. #8c8976
  10. #86847b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2ab8f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bba844 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bfae53 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c9a197 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bba948 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bead51 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c4a580 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bcac4e {
  color: #bcac4e;
}
Background
.bg-bcac4e {
  background-color: #bcac4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bcac4e {
  border: 2px solid #bcac4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bcac4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 172 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 45% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bcac4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bcac4e, #95bc4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bcac4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 172 78 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.04 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 2.22 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.05 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.15 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.75 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 8.48 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.71 #4353b1 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Brass
#bcac4e  rgb(188, 172, 78)  hsl(51, 45%, 52%)  Brass
#4e5ebc  rgb(78, 94, 188)  hsl(231, 45%, 52%)  Slate Blue
#4ebcac  rgb(78, 188, 172)  hsl(171, 45%, 52%)  Light Sea Green
#ac4ebc  rgb(172, 78, 188)  hsl(291, 45%, 52%)  Purpureus