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#BCA208

#bca208 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bca208 is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 63.53% green and 3.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.83% magenta, 95.74% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 51.33°, with 91.84% saturation and 38.43% 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 8.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 5.3.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3655

Complementary

  1. #bca208
  2. #0822bc

Split complementary

  1. #bca208
  2. #087cbc
  3. #4808bc

Analogous

  1. #bc4808
  2. #bca208
  3. #7cbc08

Triadic

  1. #bca208
  2. #08bca2
  3. #a208bc

Tetradic

  1. #bca208
  2. #22bc08
  3. #0822bc
  4. #a208bc

Square

  1. #bca208
  2. #08bc48
  3. #0822bc
  4. #bc087c

Monochromatic

  1. #292402
  2. #736305
  3. #bca208
  4. #f5d61b
  5. #f8e365

Shades

#bca208 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bca208
  2. #a99207
  3. #968206
  4. #847106
  5. #716105
  6. #5e5104
  7. #4b4103
  8. #383102
  9. #262002
  10. #131001
  11. #000000

Tints

#bca208 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bca208
  2. #c3ab21
  3. #c9b539
  4. #d0be52
  5. #d7c76b
  6. #ded184
  7. #e4da9c
  8. #ebe3b5
  9. #f2ecce
  10. #f8f6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bca208 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bca208
  2. #b69f14
  3. #b09b20
  4. #aa982c
  5. #a49438
  6. #9e9144
  7. #988e50
  8. #928a5c
  9. #8c8768
  10. #868374
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ada381 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b49e00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bba71c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cc948a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b7a000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bba516 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c69a6d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bca208 {
  color: #bca208;
}
Background
.bg-bca208 {
  background-color: #bca208;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bca208 {
  border: 2px solid #bca208;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bca208;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 162 8;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 92% 38%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bca208 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bca208, #7cbc08);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bca208 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 162 8 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.30 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.67 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.70 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.53 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 8.04 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.96 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 10.89 #435df7 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Brass
#bca208  rgb(188, 162, 8)  hsl(51, 92%, 38%)  Brass
#0822bc  rgb(8, 34, 188)  hsl(231, 92%, 38%)  Zaffre
#08bca2  rgb(8, 188, 162)  hsl(171, 92%, 38%)  Jungle Green
#a208bc  rgb(162, 8, 188)  hsl(291, 92%, 38%)  Dark Violet