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#BA912E

#ba912e ≈ Dark Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ba912e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 56.86% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.04% magenta, 75.27% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 42.43°, with 60.34% saturation and 45.49% 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 7.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Goldenrod (#b8860b), ΔE 4.07.

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Relative luminance0.3089

Complementary

  1. #ba912e
  2. #2e57ba

Split complementary

  1. #ba912e
  2. #2e9dba
  3. #4b2eba

Analogous

  1. #ba4b2e
  2. #ba912e
  3. #9dba2e

Triadic

  1. #ba912e
  2. #2eba91
  3. #912eba

Tetradic

  1. #ba912e
  2. #57ba2e
  3. #2e57ba
  4. #912eba

Square

  1. #ba912e
  2. #2eba4b
  3. #2e57ba
  4. #ba2e9d

Monochromatic

  1. #3f3110
  2. #7d611f
  3. #ba912e
  4. #d7b35d
  5. #e6d09b

Shades

#ba912e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ba912e
  2. #a78329
  3. #957425
  4. #826620
  5. #70571c
  6. #5d4917
  7. #4a3a12
  8. #382c0e
  9. #251d09
  10. #130f05
  11. #000000

Tints

#ba912e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ba912e
  2. #c19c43
  3. #c8a758
  4. #cfb26d
  5. #d6bd82
  6. #ddc897
  7. #e3d3ab
  8. #eadec0
  9. #f1e9d5
  10. #f8f4ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ba912e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ba912e
  2. #b48f36
  3. #ae8e3e
  4. #a98c47
  5. #a38a4f
  6. #9d8957
  7. #97875f
  8. #918567
  9. #8c8370
  10. #868278
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6957a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a3911e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ad9b33 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ca847d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ad9125 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b29731 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c48967 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ba912e {
  color: #ba912e;
}
Background
.bg-ba912e {
  background-color: #ba912e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ba912e {
  border: 2px solid #ba912e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ba912e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 145 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 60% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ba912e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ba912e, #9dba2e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ba912e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 145 46 / 0.35);
}

#b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 4.07 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.70 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.09 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 9.38 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 9.40 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 10.18 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 10.26 #456ed1 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Dark Goldenrod
#ba912e  rgb(186, 145, 46)  hsl(42, 60%, 45%)  Dark Goldenrod
#2e57ba  rgb(46, 87, 186)  hsl(222, 60%, 45%)  Sapphire
#2eba91  rgb(46, 186, 145)  hsl(162, 60%, 45%)  Mint
#912eba  rgb(145, 46, 186)  hsl(282, 60%, 45%)  Dark Orchid