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#BCA22D

#bca22d ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bca22d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 63.53% green and 17.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.83% magenta, 76.06% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 49.09°, with 61.37% saturation and 45.69% 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 8.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.77.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3672

Complementary

  1. #bca22d
  2. #2d47bc

Split complementary

  1. #bca22d
  2. #2d8fbc
  3. #5b2dbc

Analogous

  1. #bc5b2d
  2. #bca22d
  3. #8fbc2d

Triadic

  1. #bca22d
  2. #2dbca2
  3. #a22dbc

Tetradic

  1. #bca22d
  2. #47bc2d
  3. #2d47bc
  4. #a22dbc

Square

  1. #bca22d
  2. #2dbc5b
  3. #2d47bc
  4. #bc2d8f

Monochromatic

  1. #41380f
  2. #7e6d1e
  3. #bca22d
  4. #d8c25d
  5. #e7d99b

Shades

#bca22d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bca22d
  2. #a99229
  3. #968224
  4. #847120
  5. #71611b
  6. #5e5117
  7. #4b4112
  8. #38310e
  9. #262009
  10. #131005
  11. #000000

Tints

#bca22d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bca22d
  2. #c3ab42
  3. #c9b557
  4. #d0be6c
  5. #d7c781
  6. #ded196
  7. #e4daab
  8. #ebe3c0
  9. #f2ecd5
  10. #f8f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bca22d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bca22d
  2. #b69f35
  3. #b09b3e
  4. #aa9846
  5. #a4944e
  6. #9e9157
  7. #988e5f
  8. #928a67
  9. #8c876f
  10. #868378
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aea384 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b39e16 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #baa735 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cb958b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b7a021 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bba532 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c59a71 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bca22d {
  color: #bca22d;
}
Background
.bg-bca22d {
  background-color: #bca22d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bca22d {
  border: 2px solid #bca22d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bca22d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 162 45;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 61% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bca22d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bca22d, #8fbc2d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bca22d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 162 45 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.77 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.21 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.36 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.02 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.76 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.66 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.70 #435dd2 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Brass
#bca22d  rgb(188, 162, 45)  hsl(49, 61%, 46%)  Brass
#2d47bc  rgb(45, 71, 188)  hsl(229, 61%, 46%)  Persian Blue
#2dbca2  rgb(45, 188, 162)  hsl(169, 61%, 46%)  Mint
#a22dbc  rgb(162, 45, 188)  hsl(289, 61%, 46%)  Dark Orchid