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#BCA147

#bca147 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bca147 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 63.14% green and 27.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.36% magenta, 62.23% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 46.15°, with 46.61% saturation and 50.78% 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 Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.05.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3664

Complementary

  1. #bca147
  2. #4762bc

Split complementary

  1. #bca147
  2. #479cbc
  3. #6647bc

Analogous

  1. #bc6647
  2. #bca147
  3. #9cbc47

Triadic

  1. #bca147
  2. #47bca1
  3. #a147bc

Tetradic

  1. #bca147
  2. #62bc47
  3. #4762bc
  4. #a147bc

Square

  1. #bca147
  2. #47bc66
  3. #4762bc
  4. #bc479c

Monochromatic

  1. #4e421c
  2. #867231
  3. #bca147
  4. #d0be7f
  5. #e5dab7

Shades

#bca147 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bca147
  2. #a99140
  3. #968139
  4. #847132
  5. #71612b
  6. #5e5124
  7. #4b401c
  8. #383015
  9. #26200e
  10. #131007
  11. #000000

Tints

#bca147 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bca147
  2. #c3aa59
  3. #c9b46c
  4. #d0bd7e
  5. #d7c791
  6. #ded0a3
  7. #e4d9b5
  8. #ebe3c8
  9. #f2ecda
  10. #f8f6ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bca147 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bca147
  2. #b69e4d
  3. #b09a52
  4. #aa9758
  5. #a4945e
  6. #9e9164
  7. #988d69
  8. #928a6f
  9. #8c8775
  10. #86837a
  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 #aea288 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b19e3d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8a64b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ca958d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b59f41 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b9a449 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c59a77 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bca147 {
  color: #bca147;
}
Background
.bg-bca147 {
  background-color: #bca147;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bca147 {
  border: 2px solid #bca147;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bca147;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 161 71;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 47% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bca147 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bca147, #9cbc47);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bca147 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 161 71 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.05 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.43 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.08 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.72 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 8.11 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.56 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.14 #435eb8 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Brass
#bca147  rgb(188, 161, 71)  hsl(46, 47%, 51%)  Brass
#4762bc  rgb(71, 98, 188)  hsl(226, 47%, 51%)  Royal Blue
#47bca1  rgb(71, 188, 161)  hsl(166, 47%, 51%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a147bc  rgb(161, 71, 188)  hsl(286, 47%, 51%)  Purpureus