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#BCA91C

#bca91c ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bca91c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 66.27% green and 10.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.11% magenta, 85.11% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 52.88°, with 74.07% saturation and 42.35% 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 8.83:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.2.

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Relative luminance0.3915

Complementary

  1. #bca91c
  2. #1c2fbc

Split complementary

  1. #bca91c
  2. #1c7fbc
  3. #591cbc

Analogous

  1. #bc591c
  2. #bca91c
  3. #7fbc1c

Triadic

  1. #bca91c
  2. #1cbca9
  3. #a91cbc

Tetradic

  1. #bca91c
  2. #2fbc1c
  3. #1c2fbc
  4. #a91cbc

Square

  1. #bca91c
  2. #1cbc59
  3. #1c2fbc
  4. #bc1c7f

Monochromatic

  1. #373108
  2. #796d12
  3. #bca91c
  4. #e3d042
  5. #ede084

Shades

#bca91c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bca91c
  2. #a99819
  3. #968716
  4. #847614
  5. #716511
  6. #5e550e
  7. #4b440b
  8. #383308
  9. #262206
  10. #131103
  11. #000000

Tints

#bca91c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bca91c
  2. #c3b233
  3. #c9ba49
  4. #d0c360
  5. #d7cb77
  6. #ded48e
  7. #e4dda4
  8. #ebe5bb
  9. #f2eed2
  10. #f8f6e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bca91c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bca91c
  2. #b6a526
  3. #b0a130
  4. #aa9d3a
  5. #a49944
  6. #9e954e
  7. #989058
  8. #928c62
  9. #8c886c
  10. #868476
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0a886 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #baa400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bfab29 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cb9c90 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bba600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #beaa24 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c5a173 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bca91c {
  color: #bca91c;
}
Background
.bg-bca91c {
  background-color: #bca91c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bca91c {
  border: 2px solid #bca91c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bca91c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 169 28;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 74% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bca91c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bca91c, #7fbc1c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bca91c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 169 28 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.20 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.41 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.98 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.04 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.19 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.45 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 9.61 #4356e3 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Brass
#bca91c  rgb(188, 169, 28)  hsl(53, 74%, 42%)  Brass
#1c2fbc  rgb(28, 47, 188)  hsl(233, 74%, 42%)  Persian Blue
#1cbca9  rgb(28, 188, 169)  hsl(173, 74%, 42%)  Light Sea Green
#a91cbc  rgb(169, 28, 188)  hsl(293, 74%, 42%)  Dark Orchid