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#BCAE4E

#bcae4e ≈ Vegas Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bcae4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 68.24% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.45% magenta, 58.51% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 52.36°, 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 9.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vegas Gold (#c5b358), ΔE 2.15.

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Relative luminance0.4151

Complementary

  1. #bcae4e
  2. #4e5cbc

Split complementary

  1. #bcae4e
  2. #4e93bc
  3. #774ebc

Analogous

  1. #bc774e
  2. #bcae4e
  3. #93bc4e

Triadic

  1. #bcae4e
  2. #4ebcae
  3. #ae4ebc

Tetradic

  1. #bcae4e
  2. #5cbc4e
  3. #4e5cbc
  4. #ae4ebc

Square

  1. #bcae4e
  2. #4ebc77
  3. #4e5cbc
  4. #bc4e93

Monochromatic

  1. #524b1f
  2. #897f34
  3. #bcae4e
  4. #d1c786
  5. #e6e1bd

Shades

#bcae4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bcae4e
  2. #a99d46
  3. #968b3e
  4. #847a37
  5. #71682f
  6. #5e5727
  7. #4b461f
  8. #383417
  9. #262310
  10. #131108
  11. #000000

Tints

#bcae4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bcae4e
  2. #c3b660
  3. #c9be71
  4. #d0c683
  5. #d7ce95
  6. #ded7a7
  7. #e4dfb8
  8. #ebe7ca
  9. #f2efdc
  10. #f8f7ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bcae4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bcae4e
  2. #b6a953
  3. #b0a558
  4. #aaa05d
  5. #a49c62
  6. #9e9767
  7. #98926c
  8. #928e71
  9. #8c8976
  10. #86857b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3ad90 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bda944 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c1af53 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c9a399 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bcab48 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bfaf51 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c4a782 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bcae4e {
  color: #bcae4e;
}
Background
.bg-bcae4e {
  background-color: #bcae4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bcae4e {
  border: 2px solid #bcae4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bcae4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 174 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 45% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bcae4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bcae4e, #93bc4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bcae4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 174 78 / 0.35);
}

#c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 2.15 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.38 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 4.68 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.12 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.09 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 8.71 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.97 #4351b1 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Vegas Gold
#bcae4e  rgb(188, 174, 78)  hsl(52, 45%, 52%)  Vegas Gold
#4e5cbc  rgb(78, 92, 188)  hsl(232, 45%, 52%)  Iris
#4ebcae  rgb(78, 188, 174)  hsl(172, 45%, 52%)  Verdigris
#ae4ebc  rgb(174, 78, 188)  hsl(292, 45%, 52%)  Purpureus