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#BCA545

#bca545 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bca545 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 64.71% green and 27.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.23% magenta, 63.3% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 48.4°, with 47.04% saturation and 50.39% 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 8.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 2.47.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3803

Complementary

  1. #bca545
  2. #455cbc

Split complementary

  1. #bca545
  2. #4598bc
  3. #6945bc

Analogous

  1. #bc6945
  2. #bca545
  3. #98bc45

Triadic

  1. #bca545
  2. #45bca5
  3. #a545bc

Tetradic

  1. #bca545
  2. #5cbc45
  3. #455cbc
  4. #a545bc

Square

  1. #bca545
  2. #45bc69
  3. #455cbc
  4. #bc4598

Monochromatic

  1. #4c431c
  2. #857430
  3. #bca545
  4. #d0c07d
  5. #e5dbb5

Shades

#bca545 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bca545
  2. #a9953e
  3. #968437
  4. #847430
  5. #716329
  6. #5e5323
  7. #4b421c
  8. #383215
  9. #26210e
  10. #131107
  11. #000000

Tints

#bca545 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bca545
  2. #c3ae58
  3. #c9b76a
  4. #d0c07d
  5. #d7c98f
  6. #ded2a2
  7. #e4dbb5
  8. #ebe4c7
  9. #f2edda
  10. #f8f6ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bca545 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bca545
  2. #b6a14b
  3. #b09e51
  4. #aa9a57
  5. #a4965d
  6. #9e9363
  7. #988f68
  8. #928b6e
  9. #8c8774
  10. #86847a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afa589 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5a23a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bba94a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ca9990 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b8a33f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bba748 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c59e79 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bca545 {
  color: #bca545;
}
Background
.bg-bca545 {
  background-color: #bca545;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bca545 {
  border: 2px solid #bca545;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bca545;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 165 69;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 47% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bca545 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bca545, #98bc45);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bca545 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 165 69 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.47 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.10 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.46 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.70 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.45 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 8.72 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.95 #435aba Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Brass
#bca545  rgb(188, 165, 69)  hsl(48, 47%, 50%)  Brass
#455cbc  rgb(69, 92, 188)  hsl(228, 47%, 50%)  Sapphire
#45bca5  rgb(69, 188, 165)  hsl(168, 47%, 50%)  Light Sea Green
#a545bc  rgb(165, 69, 188)  hsl(288, 47%, 50%)  Purpureus