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#BCA331

#bca331 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bca331 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 63.92% green and 19.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.3% magenta, 73.94% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 49.21°, with 58.65% saturation and 46.47% 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 8.42:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.35.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3711

Complementary

  1. #bca331
  2. #314abc

Split complementary

  1. #bca331
  2. #318fbc
  3. #5e31bc

Analogous

  1. #bc5e31
  2. #bca331
  3. #8fbc31

Triadic

  1. #bca331
  2. #31bca3
  3. #a331bc

Tetradic

  1. #bca331
  2. #4abc31
  3. #314abc
  4. #a331bc

Square

  1. #bca331
  2. #31bc5e
  3. #314abc
  4. #bc318f

Monochromatic

  1. #433a11
  2. #7f6e21
  3. #bca331
  4. #d6c263
  5. #e6daa0

Shades

#bca331 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bca331
  2. #a9932c
  3. #968227
  4. #847222
  5. #71621d
  6. #5e5219
  7. #4b4114
  8. #38310f
  9. #26210a
  10. #131005
  11. #000000

Tints

#bca331 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bca331
  2. #c3ac46
  3. #c9b55a
  4. #d0bf6f
  5. #d7c883
  6. #ded198
  7. #e4daad
  8. #ebe3c1
  9. #f2edd6
  10. #f8f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bca331 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bca331
  2. #b6a039
  3. #b09c41
  4. #aa9949
  5. #a49551
  6. #9e9259
  7. #988e60
  8. #928b68
  9. #8c8770
  10. #868478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aea485 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b49f1e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #baa738 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cb968d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b7a127 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bba635 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c59b73 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bca331 {
  color: #bca331;
}
Background
.bg-bca331 {
  background-color: #bca331;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bca331 {
  border: 2px solid #bca331;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bca331;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 163 49;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 59% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bca331 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bca331, #8fbc31);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bca331 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 163 49 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.35 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.15 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.20 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.58 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.98 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.66 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.23 #435cce Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Brass
#bca331  rgb(188, 163, 49)  hsl(49, 59%, 46%)  Brass
#314abc  rgb(49, 74, 188)  hsl(229, 59%, 46%)  Cobalt Blue
#31bca3  rgb(49, 188, 163)  hsl(169, 59%, 46%)  Mint
#a331bc  rgb(163, 49, 188)  hsl(289, 59%, 46%)  Dark Orchid