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#BCA833

#bca833 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bca833 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 20% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.64% magenta, 72.87% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 51.24°, with 57.32% saturation and 46.86% 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 8.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 2.56.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3894

Complementary

  1. #bca833
  2. #3347bc

Split complementary

  1. #bca833
  2. #338bbc
  3. #6333bc

Analogous

  1. #bc6333
  2. #bca833
  3. #8bbc33

Triadic

  1. #bca833
  2. #33bca8
  3. #a833bc

Tetradic

  1. #bca833
  2. #47bc33
  3. #3347bc
  4. #a833bc

Square

  1. #bca833
  2. #33bc63
  3. #3347bc
  4. #bc338b

Monochromatic

  1. #443c12
  2. #807223
  3. #bca833
  4. #d5c566
  5. #e6dca2

Shades

#bca833 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bca833
  2. #a9972e
  3. #968629
  4. #847624
  5. #71651f
  6. #5e541a
  7. #4b4314
  8. #38320f
  9. #26220a
  10. #131105
  11. #000000

Tints

#bca833 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bca833
  2. #c3b147
  3. #c9b95c
  4. #d0c270
  5. #d7cb85
  6. #ded499
  7. #e4dcad
  8. #ebe5c2
  9. #f2eed6
  10. #f8f6eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bca833 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bca833
  2. #b6a43b
  3. #b0a042
  4. #aa9c4a
  5. #a49852
  6. #9e945a
  7. #989061
  8. #928c69
  9. #8c8871
  10. #868478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0a888 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8a41f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #beab3a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cb9b91 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #baa528 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bdaa38 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c5a177 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bca833 {
  color: #bca833;
}
Background
.bg-bca833 {
  background-color: #bca833;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bca833 {
  border: 2px solid #bca833;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bca833;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 168 51;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 57% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bca833 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bca833, #8bbc33);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bca833 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 168 51 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.56 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.25 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.59 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.54 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.11 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.91 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 9.21 #4357cc Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Brass
#bca833  rgb(188, 168, 51)  hsl(51, 57%, 47%)  Brass
#3347bc  rgb(51, 71, 188)  hsl(231, 57%, 47%)  Persian Blue
#33bca8  rgb(51, 188, 168)  hsl(171, 57%, 47%)  Light Sea Green
#a833bc  rgb(168, 51, 188)  hsl(291, 57%, 47%)  Dark Orchid