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#BCA85B

#bca85b ≈ Vegas Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bca85b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 65.88% green and 35.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.64% magenta, 51.6% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 47.63°, with 41.99% saturation and 54.71% 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 8.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Vegas Gold (#c5b358), ΔE 3.69.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.3945

Complementary

  1. #bca85b
  2. #5b6fbc

Split complementary

  1. #bca85b
  2. #5ba0bc
  3. #785bbc

Analogous

  1. #bc785b
  2. #bca85b
  3. #a0bc5b

Triadic

  1. #bca85b
  2. #5bbca8
  3. #a85bbc

Tetradic

  1. #bca85b
  2. #6fbc5b
  3. #5b6fbc
  4. #a85bbc

Square

  1. #bca85b
  2. #5bbc78
  3. #5b6fbc
  4. #bc5ba0

Monochromatic

  1. #594f25
  2. #907e3b
  3. #bca85b
  4. #d2c591
  5. #e8e2c8

Shades

#bca85b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bca85b
  2. #a99752
  3. #968649
  4. #847640
  5. #716537
  6. #5e542e
  7. #4b4324
  8. #38321b
  9. #262212
  10. #131109
  11. #000000

Tints

#bca85b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bca85b
  2. #c3b16b
  3. #c9b97c
  4. #d0c28c
  5. #d7cb9d
  6. #ded4ad
  7. #e4dcbd
  8. #ebe5ce
  9. #f2eede
  10. #f8f6ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bca85b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bca85b
  2. #b6a45f
  3. #b0a062
  4. #aa9c66
  5. #a4986a
  6. #9e946e
  7. #989071
  8. #928c75
  9. #8c8879
  10. #86847c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1a890 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6a554 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bbab5e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c99e96 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b8a657 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bbaa5d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c4a282 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bca85b {
  color: #bca85b;
}
Background
.bg-bca85b {
  background-color: #bca85b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bca85b {
  border: 2px solid #bca85b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bca85b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 168 91;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 42% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bca85b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bca85b, #a0bc5b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bca85b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 168 91 / 0.35);
}

#c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 3.69 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.01 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.54 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 6.30 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.09 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.48 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 9.03 #4357a4 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Vegas Gold
#bca85b  rgb(188, 168, 91)  hsl(48, 42%, 55%)  Vegas Gold
#5b6fbc  rgb(91, 111, 188)  hsl(228, 42%, 55%)  Royal Blue
#5bbca8  rgb(91, 188, 168)  hsl(168, 42%, 55%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a85bbc  rgb(168, 91, 188)  hsl(288, 42%, 55%)  Medium Orchid