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#BAAC2B

#baac2b ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#baac2b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 67.45% green and 16.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.53% magenta, 76.88% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 54.13°, with 62.45% saturation and 44.9% 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 9.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.47.

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Relative luminance0.4012

Complementary

  1. #baac2b
  2. #2b39ba

Split complementary

  1. #baac2b
  2. #2b80ba
  3. #652bba

Analogous

  1. #ba652b
  2. #baac2b
  3. #80ba2b

Triadic

  1. #baac2b
  2. #2bbaac
  3. #ac2bba

Tetradic

  1. #baac2b
  2. #39ba2b
  3. #2b39ba
  4. #ac2bba

Square

  1. #baac2b
  2. #2bba65
  3. #2b39ba
  4. #ba2b80

Monochromatic

  1. #3e390e
  2. #7c731d
  3. #baac2b
  4. #d9cc59
  5. #e7df97

Shades

#baac2b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #baac2b
  2. #a79b27
  3. #958a22
  4. #82781e
  5. #70671a
  6. #5d5616
  7. #4a4511
  8. #38340d
  9. #252209
  10. #131104
  11. #000000

Tints

#baac2b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #baac2b
  2. #c1b440
  3. #c8bd55
  4. #cfc56b
  5. #d6cd80
  6. #ddd695
  7. #e3deaa
  8. #eae6bf
  9. #f1eed5
  10. #f8f7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#baac2b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #baac2b
  2. #b4a834
  3. #aea33c
  4. #a99f45
  5. #a39a4d
  6. #9d9656
  7. #97925e
  8. #918d67
  9. #8c896f
  10. #868478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1ab89 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bca60c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0ad35 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c89f94 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bba91c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #beac31 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c3a578 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-baac2b {
  color: #baac2b;
}
Background
.bg-baac2b {
  background-color: #baac2b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-baac2b {
  border: 2px solid #baac2b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #baac2b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 172 43;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 62% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-baac2b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #baac2b, #80ba2b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-baac2b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 172 43 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.47 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.55 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.15 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.84 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.05 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.95 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 10.50 #4553d4 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Brass
#baac2b  rgb(186, 172, 43)  hsl(54, 62%, 45%)  Brass
#2b39ba  rgb(43, 57, 186)  hsl(234, 62%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#2bbaac  rgb(43, 186, 172)  hsl(174, 62%, 45%)  Light Sea Green
#ac2bba  rgb(172, 43, 186)  hsl(294, 62%, 45%)  Dark Orchid