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#BAA930

#baa930 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#baa930 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 66.27% green and 18.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.14% magenta, 74.19% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 52.61°, with 58.97% saturation and 45.88% 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 8.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 2.6.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3903

Complementary

  1. #baa930
  2. #3041ba

Split complementary

  1. #baa930
  2. #3086ba
  3. #6430ba

Analogous

  1. #ba6430
  2. #baa930
  3. #86ba30

Triadic

  1. #baa930
  2. #30baa9
  3. #a930ba

Tetradic

  1. #baa930
  2. #41ba30
  3. #3041ba
  4. #a930ba

Square

  1. #baa930
  2. #30ba64
  3. #3041ba
  4. #ba3086

Monochromatic

  1. #403a11
  2. #7d7220
  3. #baa930
  4. #d6c860
  5. #e6dd9d

Shades

#baa930 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #baa930
  2. #a7982b
  3. #958726
  4. #827622
  5. #70651d
  6. #5d5518
  7. #4a4413
  8. #38330e
  9. #25220a
  10. #131105
  11. #000000

Tints

#baa930 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #baa930
  2. #c1b245
  3. #c8ba59
  4. #cfc36e
  5. #d6cb83
  6. #ddd498
  7. #e3ddac
  8. #eae5c1
  9. #f1eed6
  10. #f8f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#baa930 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #baa930
  2. #b4a538
  3. #aea140
  4. #a99d48
  5. #a39950
  6. #9d9558
  7. #979060
  8. #918c68
  9. #8c8870
  10. #868478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afa888 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b9a41a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #beab38 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c89d92 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #baa624 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bcaa35 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c3a277 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-baa930 {
  color: #baa930;
}
Background
.bg-baa930 {
  background-color: #baa930;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-baa930 {
  border: 2px solid #baa930;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #baa930;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 169 48;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 59% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-baa930 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #baa930, #86ba30);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-baa930 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 169 48 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.60 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.51 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.80 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.25 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.00 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.54 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 10.07 #4556cf Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Brass
#baa930  rgb(186, 169, 48)  hsl(53, 59%, 46%)  Brass
#3041ba  rgb(48, 65, 186)  hsl(233, 59%, 46%)  Persian Blue
#30baa9  rgb(48, 186, 169)  hsl(173, 59%, 46%)  Light Sea Green
#a930ba  rgb(169, 48, 186)  hsl(293, 59%, 46%)  Dark Orchid