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#BC9A30

#bc9a30 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bc9a30 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 60.39% green and 18.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.09% magenta, 74.47% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 45.43°, with 59.32% saturation and 46.27% 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 7.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 6.26.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3402

Complementary

  1. #bc9a30
  2. #3052bc

Split complementary

  1. #bc9a30
  2. #3098bc
  3. #5430bc

Analogous

  1. #bc5430
  2. #bc9a30
  3. #98bc30

Triadic

  1. #bc9a30
  2. #30bc9a
  3. #9a30bc

Tetradic

  1. #bc9a30
  2. #52bc30
  3. #3052bc
  4. #9a30bc

Square

  1. #bc9a30
  2. #30bc54
  3. #3052bc
  4. #bc3098

Monochromatic

  1. #423611
  2. #7f6820
  3. #bc9a30
  4. #d7ba62
  5. #e6d59f

Shades

#bc9a30 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bc9a30
  2. #a98b2b
  3. #967b26
  4. #846c22
  5. #715c1d
  6. #5e4d18
  7. #4b3e13
  8. #382e0e
  9. #261f0a
  10. #130f05
  11. #000000

Tints

#bc9a30 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bc9a30
  2. #c3a445
  3. #c9ae59
  4. #d0b86e
  5. #d7c283
  6. #decd98
  7. #e4d7ac
  8. #ebe1c1
  9. #f2ebd6
  10. #f8f5ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bc9a30 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bc9a30
  2. #b69738
  3. #b09540
  4. #aa9248
  5. #a49050
  6. #9e8d58
  7. #988a60
  8. #928868
  9. #8c8570
  10. #868378
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ab9c80 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ac981f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b4a236 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cc8d85 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b29927 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b79f34 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c6926d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bc9a30 {
  color: #bc9a30;
}
Background
.bg-bc9a30 {
  background-color: #bc9a30;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bc9a30 {
  border: 2px solid #bc9a30;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bc9a30;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 154 48;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 59% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bc9a30 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bc9a30, #98bc30);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bc9a30 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 154 48 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.26 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.37 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.72 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 7.15 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.94 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.20 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.32 #4365cf Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Brass
#bc9a30  rgb(188, 154, 48)  hsl(45, 59%, 46%)  Brass
#3052bc  rgb(48, 82, 188)  hsl(225, 59%, 46%)  Sapphire
#30bc9a  rgb(48, 188, 154)  hsl(165, 59%, 46%)  Mint
#9a30bc  rgb(154, 48, 188)  hsl(285, 59%, 46%)  Dark Orchid