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#BCA05E

#bca05e ≈ Camel

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bca05e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 62.75% green and 36.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.89% magenta, 50% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 42.13°, with 41.23% saturation and 55.29% 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 8.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Camel (#c19a6b), ΔE 6.68.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.3664

Complementary

  1. #bca05e
  2. #5e7abc

Split complementary

  1. #bca05e
  2. #5ea9bc
  3. #715ebc

Analogous

  1. #bc715e
  2. #bca05e
  3. #a9bc5e

Triadic

  1. #bca05e
  2. #5ebca0
  3. #a05ebc

Tetradic

  1. #bca05e
  2. #7abc5e
  3. #5e7abc
  4. #a05ebc

Square

  1. #bca05e
  2. #5ebc71
  3. #5e7abc
  4. #bc5ea9

Monochromatic

  1. #5b4b26
  2. #91783c
  3. #bca05e
  4. #d2c094
  5. #e9e0ca

Shades

#bca05e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bca05e
  2. #a99055
  3. #96804b
  4. #847042
  5. #716038
  6. #5e502f
  7. #4b4026
  8. #38301c
  9. #262013
  10. #131009
  11. #000000

Tints

#bca05e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bca05e
  2. #c3aa6e
  3. #c9b37e
  4. #d0bd8e
  5. #d7c69e
  6. #ded0af
  7. #e4d9bf
  8. #ebe3cf
  9. #f2ecdf
  10. #f8f6ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bca05e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bca05e
  2. #b69d61
  3. #b09a65
  4. #aa9668
  5. #a4936c
  6. #9e906f
  7. #988d72
  8. #928a76
  9. #8c8679
  10. #86837d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aea28d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ae9f59 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5a660 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c99690 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b49f5b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b8a45f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c49a7f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bca05e {
  color: #bca05e;
}
Background
.bg-bca05e {
  background-color: #bca05e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bca05e {
  border: 2px solid #bca05e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bca05e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 160 94;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 41% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bca05e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bca05e, #a9bc5e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bca05e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 160 94 / 0.35);
}

#c19a6b Camel ΔE 6.68 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 6.72 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.25 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.32 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.88 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.03 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 9.06 #435fa1 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Camel
#bca05e  rgb(188, 160, 94)  hsl(42, 41%, 55%)  Camel
#5e7abc  rgb(94, 122, 188)  hsl(222, 41%, 55%)  Glaucous
#5ebca0  rgb(94, 188, 160)  hsl(162, 41%, 55%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a05ebc  rgb(160, 94, 188)  hsl(282, 41%, 55%)  Amethyst