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#BCA00A

#bca00a ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bca00a is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 62.75% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.89% magenta, 94.68% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 50.56°, with 89.9% saturation and 38.82% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 5.56.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3585

Complementary

  1. #bca00a
  2. #0a26bc

Split complementary

  1. #bca00a
  2. #0a7fbc
  3. #470abc

Analogous

  1. #bc470a
  2. #bca00a
  3. #7fbc0a

Triadic

  1. #bca00a
  2. #0abca0
  3. #a00abc

Tetradic

  1. #bca00a
  2. #26bc0a
  3. #0a26bc
  4. #a00abc

Square

  1. #bca00a
  2. #0abc47
  3. #0a26bc
  4. #bc0a7f

Monochromatic

  1. #2b2402
  2. #736206
  3. #bca00a
  4. #f3d21f
  5. #f7e068

Shades

#bca00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bca00a
  2. #a99009
  3. #968008
  4. #847007
  5. #716006
  6. #5e5005
  7. #4b4004
  8. #383003
  9. #262002
  10. #131001
  11. #000000

Tints

#bca00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bca00a
  2. #c3aa23
  3. #c9b33b
  4. #d0bd54
  5. #d7c66c
  6. #ded085
  7. #e4d99d
  8. #ebe3b6
  9. #f2ecce
  10. #f8f6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bca00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bca00a
  2. #b69d16
  3. #b09a22
  4. #aa962d
  5. #a49339
  6. #9e9045
  7. #988d51
  8. #928a5d
  9. #8c8668
  10. #868374
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ada180 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b29c00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9a51d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cc9288 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b69e00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #baa317 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c6986c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bca00a {
  color: #bca00a;
}
Background
.bg-bca00a {
  background-color: #bca00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bca00a {
  border: 2px solid #bca00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bca00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 160 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 90% 39%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bca00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bca00a, #7fbc0a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bca00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 160 10 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.56 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.71 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.09 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.62 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.84 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.95 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 10.10 #435ff5 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Brass
#bca00a  rgb(188, 160, 10)  hsl(51, 90%, 39%)  Brass
#0a26bc  rgb(10, 38, 188)  hsl(231, 90%, 39%)  Zaffre
#0abca0  rgb(10, 188, 160)  hsl(171, 90%, 39%)  Jungle Green
#a00abc  rgb(160, 10, 188)  hsl(291, 90%, 39%)  Dark Violet