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#BCA024

#bca024 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bca024 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 62.75% green and 14.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.89% magenta, 80.85% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 48.95°, with 67.86% 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 8.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.65.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3596

Complementary

  1. #bca024
  2. #2440bc

Split complementary

  1. #bca024
  2. #248cbc
  3. #5424bc

Analogous

  1. #bc5424
  2. #bca024
  3. #8cbc24

Triadic

  1. #bca024
  2. #24bca0
  3. #a024bc

Tetradic

  1. #bca024
  2. #40bc24
  3. #2440bc
  4. #a024bc

Square

  1. #bca024
  2. #24bc54
  3. #2440bc
  4. #bc248c

Monochromatic

  1. #3c330b
  2. #7c6918
  3. #bca024
  4. #ddc34f
  5. #ead98f

Shades

#bca024 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bca024
  2. #a99020
  3. #96801d
  4. #847019
  5. #716016
  6. #5e5012
  7. #4b400e
  8. #38300b
  9. #262007
  10. #131004
  11. #000000

Tints

#bca024 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bca024
  2. #c3aa3a
  3. #c9b350
  4. #d0bd66
  5. #d7c67c
  6. #ded092
  7. #e4d9a7
  8. #ebe3bd
  9. #f2ecd3
  10. #f8f6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bca024 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bca024
  2. #b69d2d
  3. #b09a36
  4. #aa9640
  5. #a49349
  6. #9e9052
  7. #988d5b
  8. #928a64
  9. #8c866e
  10. #868377
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ada182 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b29d00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9a52d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cc9389 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b69e14 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #baa32a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c6986f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bca024 {
  color: #bca024;
}
Background
.bg-bca024 {
  background-color: #bca024;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bca024 {
  border: 2px solid #bca024;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bca024;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 160 36;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 68% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bca024 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bca024, #8cbc24);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bca024 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 160 36 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.65 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.36 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.87 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.92 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.39 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.73 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 9.71 #435fdb Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Brass
#bca024  rgb(188, 160, 36)  hsl(49, 68%, 44%)  Brass
#2440bc  rgb(36, 64, 188)  hsl(229, 68%, 44%)  Persian Blue
#24bca0  rgb(36, 188, 160)  hsl(169, 68%, 44%)  Mint
#a024bc  rgb(160, 36, 188)  hsl(289, 68%, 44%)  Dark Orchid