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#BCBA4E

#bcba4e ≈ Dark Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bcba4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 72.94% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.06% magenta, 58.51% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 58.91°, with 45.08% saturation and 52.16% 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 10.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Khaki (#bdb76b), ΔE 4.84.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.4636

Complementary

  1. #bcba4e
  2. #4e50bc

Split complementary

  1. #bcba4e
  2. #4e87bc
  3. #834ebc

Analogous

  1. #bc834e
  2. #bcba4e
  3. #87bc4e

Triadic

  1. #bcba4e
  2. #4ebcba
  3. #ba4ebc

Tetradic

  1. #bcba4e
  2. #50bc4e
  3. #4e50bc
  4. #ba4ebc

Square

  1. #bcba4e
  2. #4ebc83
  3. #4e50bc
  4. #bc4e87

Monochromatic

  1. #52511f
  2. #898834
  3. #bcba4e
  4. #d1d086
  5. #e6e5bd

Shades

#bcba4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bcba4e
  2. #a9a746
  3. #96953e
  4. #848237
  5. #71702f
  6. #5e5d27
  7. #4b4a1f
  8. #383817
  9. #262510
  10. #131308
  11. #000000

Tints

#bcba4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bcba4e
  2. #c3c160
  3. #c9c871
  4. #d0cf83
  5. #d7d695
  6. #dedda7
  7. #e4e3b8
  8. #ebeaca
  9. #f2f1dc
  10. #f8f8ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bcba4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bcba4e
  2. #b6b453
  3. #b0ae58
  4. #aaa95d
  5. #a4a362
  6. #9e9d67
  7. #98976c
  8. #929171
  9. #8c8c76
  10. #86867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8b797 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c8b342 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cab754 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c8afa3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c3b647 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4b852 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c4b489 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bcba4e {
  color: #bcba4e;
}
Background
.bg-bcba4e {
  background-color: #bcba4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bcba4e {
  border: 2px solid #bcba4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bcba4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 186 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 45% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bcba4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bcba4e, #87bc4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bcba4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 186 78 / 0.35);
}

#bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 4.84 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.05 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.16 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.90 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 8.47 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 9.54 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 9.98 #4345b1 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Dark Khaki
#bcba4e  rgb(188, 186, 78)  hsl(59, 45%, 52%)  Dark Khaki
#4e50bc  rgb(78, 80, 188)  hsl(239, 45%, 52%)  Iris
#4ebcba  rgb(78, 188, 186)  hsl(179, 45%, 52%)  Verdigris
#ba4ebc  rgb(186, 78, 188)  hsl(299, 45%, 52%)  Medium Orchid