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#BCA137

#bca137 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bca137 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 63.14% green and 21.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.36% magenta, 70.74% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 47.82°, with 54.73% saturation and 47.65% 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 8.29:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.72.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3646

Complementary

  1. #bca137
  2. #3752bc

Split complementary

  1. #bca137
  2. #3795bc
  3. #5f37bc

Analogous

  1. #bc5f37
  2. #bca137
  3. #95bc37

Triadic

  1. #bca137
  2. #37bca1
  3. #a137bc

Tetradic

  1. #bca137
  2. #52bc37
  3. #3752bc
  4. #a137bc

Square

  1. #bca137
  2. #37bc5f
  3. #3752bc
  4. #bc3795

Monochromatic

  1. #463c14
  2. #816e26
  3. #bca137
  4. #d4bf6c
  5. #e5d9a7

Shades

#bca137 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bca137
  2. #a99132
  3. #96812c
  4. #847127
  5. #716121
  6. #5e511c
  7. #4b4016
  8. #383011
  9. #26200b
  10. #131006
  11. #000000

Tints

#bca137 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bca137
  2. #c3aa4b
  3. #c9b45f
  4. #d0bd73
  5. #d7c787
  6. #ded09b
  7. #e4d9af
  8. #ebe3c3
  9. #f2ecd7
  10. #f8f6eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bca137 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bca137
  2. #b69e3e
  3. #b09a46
  4. #aa974d
  5. #a49454
  6. #9e915c
  7. #988d63
  8. #928a6a
  9. #8c8771
  10. #868379
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.29:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ada285 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b29e28 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9a63d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cb948c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b69f2f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #baa43b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c59a73 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bca137 {
  color: #bca137;
}
Background
.bg-bca137 {
  background-color: #bca137;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bca137 {
  border: 2px solid #bca137;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bca137;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 161 55;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 55% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bca137 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bca137, #95bc37);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bca137 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 161 55 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.72 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.35 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.79 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.82 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.63 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.72 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.36 #435ec8 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Brass
#bca137  rgb(188, 161, 55)  hsl(48, 55%, 48%)  Brass
#3752bc  rgb(55, 82, 188)  hsl(228, 55%, 48%)  Sapphire
#37bca1  rgb(55, 188, 161)  hsl(168, 55%, 48%)  Mint
#a137bc  rgb(161, 55, 188)  hsl(288, 55%, 48%)  Dark Orchid