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#BAC21E

#bac21e ≈ Pear

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bac21e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 76.08% green and 11.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 4.12% cyan, 0% magenta, 84.54% yellow and 23.92% black. Its hue angle is 62.93°, with 73.21% saturation and 43.92% 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 10.82:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pear (#d1e231), ΔE 7.61.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4912

Complementary

  1. #bac21e
  2. #261ec2

Split complementary

  1. #bac21e
  2. #1e68c2
  3. #781ec2

Analogous

  1. #c2781e
  2. #bac21e
  3. #68c21e

Triadic

  1. #bac21e
  2. #1ebac2
  3. #c21eba

Tetradic

  1. #bac21e
  2. #1ec226
  3. #261ec2
  4. #c21eba

Square

  1. #bac21e
  2. #1ec278
  3. #261ec2
  4. #c21e68

Monochromatic

  1. #3b3d0a
  2. #7a8014
  3. #bac21e
  4. #dbe34a
  5. #e8ed8c

Shades

#bac21e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bac21e
  2. #a7af1b
  3. #959b18
  4. #828815
  5. #707412
  6. #5d610f
  7. #4a4e0c
  8. #383a09
  9. #252706
  10. #131303
  11. #000000

Tints

#bac21e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bac21e
  2. #c1c835
  3. #c8ce4b
  4. #cfd462
  5. #d6da78
  6. #dde18f
  7. #e3e7a5
  8. #eaedbc
  9. #f1f3d2
  10. #f8f9e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bac21e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bac21e
  2. #b4bb28
  3. #aeb532
  4. #a9ae3b
  5. #a3a845
  6. #9da14f
  7. #979a59
  8. #919463
  9. #8c8d6c
  10. #868776
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #babd95 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1b800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d2bc30 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c7b6a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c8bc00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c9be2a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c2bb85 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bac21e {
  color: #bac21e;
}
Background
.bg-bac21e {
  background-color: #bac21e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bac21e {
  border: 2px solid #bac21e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bac21e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 194 30;
  --color-primary-hsl: 63 73% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bac21e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bac21e, #68c21e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bac21e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 194 30 / 0.35);
}

#d1e231 Pear ΔE 7.61 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 7.97 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 8.35 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.51 #9acd32 Yellow Green ΔE 8.83 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 9.14 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 9.40 #453de1 Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Pear
#bac21e  rgb(186, 194, 30)  hsl(63, 73%, 44%)  Pear
#261ec2  rgb(38, 30, 194)  hsl(243, 73%, 44%)  Medium Blue
#1ebac2  rgb(30, 186, 194)  hsl(183, 73%, 44%)  Tiffany Blue
#c21eba  rgb(194, 30, 186)  hsl(303, 73%, 44%)  Purpureus