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#BAAE53

#baae53 ≈ Vegas Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#baae53 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 68.24% green and 32.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.45% magenta, 55.38% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 53.01°, with 42.74% saturation and 52.75% 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 9.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vegas Gold (#c5b358), ΔE 2.45.

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Relative luminance0.4134

Complementary

  1. #baae53
  2. #535fba

Split complementary

  1. #baae53
  2. #5393ba
  3. #7b53ba

Analogous

  1. #ba7b53
  2. #baae53
  3. #93ba53

Triadic

  1. #baae53
  2. #53baae
  3. #ae53ba

Tetradic

  1. #baae53
  2. #5fba53
  3. #535fba
  4. #ae53ba

Square

  1. #baae53
  2. #53ba7b
  3. #535fba
  4. #ba5393

Monochromatic

  1. #534d21
  2. #898037
  3. #baae53
  4. #d0c88a
  5. #e6e1c0

Shades

#baae53 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #baae53
  2. #a79d4b
  3. #958b42
  4. #827a3a
  5. #706832
  6. #5d572a
  7. #4a4621
  8. #383419
  9. #252311
  10. #131108
  11. #000000

Tints

#baae53 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #baae53
  2. #c1b664
  3. #c8be75
  4. #cfc687
  5. #d6ce98
  6. #ddd7a9
  7. #e3dfba
  8. #eae7cb
  9. #f1efdd
  10. #f8f7ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#baae53 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #baae53
  2. #b4a958
  3. #aea55c
  4. #a9a061
  5. #a39c65
  6. #9d976a
  7. #97926e
  8. #918e73
  9. #8c8977
  10. #86857c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2ad91 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bca94a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0af57 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c7a39a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bbab4e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bdae56 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c2a883 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-baae53 {
  color: #baae53;
}
Background
.bg-baae53 {
  background-color: #baae53;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-baae53 {
  border: 2px solid #baae53;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #baae53;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 174 83;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 43% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-baae53 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #baae53, #93ba53);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-baae53 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 174 83 / 0.35);
}

#c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 2.45 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.74 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 3.93 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.98 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.90 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 8.15 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 9.55 #4551ac Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Vegas Gold
#baae53  rgb(186, 174, 83)  hsl(53, 43%, 53%)  Vegas Gold
#535fba  rgb(83, 95, 186)  hsl(233, 43%, 53%)  Slate Blue
#53baae  rgb(83, 186, 174)  hsl(173, 43%, 53%)  Verdigris
#ae53ba  rgb(174, 83, 186)  hsl(293, 43%, 53%)  Medium Orchid