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#BAA024

#baa024 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#baa024 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 62.75% green and 14.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.98% magenta, 80.65% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 49.6°, with 67.57% saturation and 43.53% 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 8.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.26.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3571

Complementary

  1. #baa024
  2. #243eba

Split complementary

  1. #baa024
  2. #2489ba
  3. #5524ba

Analogous

  1. #ba5524
  2. #baa024
  3. #89ba24

Triadic

  1. #baa024
  2. #24baa0
  3. #a024ba

Tetradic

  1. #baa024
  2. #3eba24
  3. #243eba
  4. #a024ba

Square

  1. #baa024
  2. #24ba55
  3. #243eba
  4. #ba2489

Monochromatic

  1. #3a320b
  2. #7a6918
  3. #baa024
  4. #ddc44e
  5. #e9d98e

Shades

#baa024 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #baa024
  2. #a79020
  3. #95801d
  4. #827019
  5. #706016
  6. #5d5012
  7. #4a400e
  8. #38300b
  9. #252007
  10. #131004
  11. #000000

Tints

#baa024 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #baa024
  2. #c1aa3a
  3. #c8b350
  4. #cfbd66
  5. #d6c67c
  6. #ddd092
  7. #e3d9a7
  8. #eae3bd
  9. #f1ecd3
  10. #f8f6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#baa024 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #baa024
  2. #b49d2d
  3. #ae9a36
  4. #a99640
  5. #a39349
  6. #9d9052
  7. #978d5b
  8. #918a64
  9. #8c866e
  10. #868377
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aca181 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b19c00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8a52d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c99389 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b59e14 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b9a32a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c3986f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-baa024 {
  color: #baa024;
}
Background
.bg-baa024 {
  background-color: #baa024;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-baa024 {
  border: 2px solid #baa024;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #baa024;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 160 36;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 68% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-baa024 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #baa024, #89ba24);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-baa024 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 160 36 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.26 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.74 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.94 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.82 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.97 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.15 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 10.06 #455fdb Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Brass
#baa024  rgb(186, 160, 36)  hsl(50, 68%, 44%)  Brass
#243eba  rgb(36, 62, 186)  hsl(230, 68%, 44%)  Persian Blue
#24baa0  rgb(36, 186, 160)  hsl(170, 68%, 44%)  Jungle Green
#a024ba  rgb(160, 36, 186)  hsl(290, 68%, 44%)  Dark Orchid