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#BCA41A

#bca41a ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bca41a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 64.31% green and 10.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.77% magenta, 86.17% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 51.11°, with 75.7% saturation and 41.96% 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 8.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.43.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3732

Complementary

  1. #bca41a
  2. #1a32bc

Split complementary

  1. #bca41a
  2. #1a83bc
  3. #531abc

Analogous

  1. #bc531a
  2. #bca41a
  3. #83bc1a

Triadic

  1. #bca41a
  2. #1abca4
  3. #a41abc

Tetradic

  1. #bca41a
  2. #32bc1a
  3. #1a32bc
  4. #a41abc

Square

  1. #bca41a
  2. #1abc53
  3. #1a32bc
  4. #bc1a83

Monochromatic

  1. #362f07
  2. #796911
  3. #bca41a
  4. #e4cc3e
  5. #eede81

Shades

#bca41a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bca41a
  2. #a99417
  3. #968315
  4. #847312
  5. #716210
  6. #5e520d
  7. #4b420a
  8. #383108
  9. #262105
  10. #131003
  11. #000000

Tints

#bca41a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bca41a
  2. #c3ad31
  3. #c9b648
  4. #d0bf5f
  5. #d7c876
  6. #ded28d
  7. #e4dba3
  8. #ebe4ba
  9. #f2edd1
  10. #f8f6e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bca41a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bca41a
  2. #b6a024
  3. #b09d2e
  4. #aa9939
  5. #a49643
  6. #9e924d
  7. #988e57
  8. #928b61
  9. #8c876c
  10. #868476
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aea483 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6a000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bca827 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cc978c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b8a100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bca622 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c69c70 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bca41a {
  color: #bca41a;
}
Background
.bg-bca41a {
  background-color: #bca41a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bca41a {
  border: 2px solid #bca41a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bca41a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 164 26;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 76% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bca41a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bca41a, #83bc1a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bca41a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 164 26 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.43 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.05 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.49 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.64 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 8.34 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.84 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.30 #435be5 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Brass
#bca41a  rgb(188, 164, 26)  hsl(51, 76%, 42%)  Brass
#1a32bc  rgb(26, 50, 188)  hsl(231, 76%, 42%)  Persian Blue
#1abca4  rgb(26, 188, 164)  hsl(171, 76%, 42%)  Light Sea Green
#a41abc  rgb(164, 26, 188)  hsl(291, 76%, 42%)  Dark Orchid