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#BCA830

#bca830 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bca830 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 65.88% green and 18.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.64% magenta, 74.47% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 51.43°, with 59.32% saturation and 46.27% 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 8.78:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 2.79.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3891

Complementary

  1. #bca830
  2. #3044bc

Split complementary

  1. #bca830
  2. #308abc
  3. #6230bc

Analogous

  1. #bc6230
  2. #bca830
  3. #8abc30

Triadic

  1. #bca830
  2. #30bca8
  3. #a830bc

Tetradic

  1. #bca830
  2. #44bc30
  3. #3044bc
  4. #a830bc

Square

  1. #bca830
  2. #30bc62
  3. #3044bc
  4. #bc308a

Monochromatic

  1. #423b11
  2. #7f7220
  3. #bca830
  4. #d7c662
  5. #e6dc9f

Shades

#bca830 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bca830
  2. #a9972b
  3. #968626
  4. #847622
  5. #71651d
  6. #5e5418
  7. #4b4313
  8. #38320e
  9. #26220a
  10. #131105
  11. #000000

Tints

#bca830 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bca830
  2. #c3b145
  3. #c9b959
  4. #d0c26e
  5. #d7cb83
  6. #ded498
  7. #e4dcac
  8. #ebe5c1
  9. #f2eed6
  10. #f8f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bca830 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bca830
  2. #b6a438
  3. #b0a040
  4. #aa9c48
  5. #a49850
  6. #9e9458
  7. #989060
  8. #928c68
  9. #8c8870
  10. #868478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0a888 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b9a31a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #beab38 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cb9b91 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #baa524 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bdaa35 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c5a176 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bca830 {
  color: #bca830;
}
Background
.bg-bca830 {
  background-color: #bca830;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bca830 {
  border: 2px solid #bca830;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bca830;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 168 48;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 59% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bca830 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bca830, #8abc30);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bca830 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 168 48 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.79 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.23 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.82 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.55 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.33 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.92 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 9.21 #4357cf Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Brass
#bca830  rgb(188, 168, 48)  hsl(51, 59%, 46%)  Brass
#3044bc  rgb(48, 68, 188)  hsl(231, 59%, 46%)  Persian Blue
#30bca8  rgb(48, 188, 168)  hsl(171, 59%, 46%)  Light Sea Green
#a830bc  rgb(168, 48, 188)  hsl(291, 59%, 46%)  Dark Orchid