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#BCBA7D

#bcba7d ≈ Dark Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#bcba7d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 72.94% green and 49.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.06% magenta, 33.51% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 58.1°, with 31.98% saturation and 61.37% 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 10.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Khaki (#bdb76b), ΔE 3.33.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.4729

Complementary

  1. #bcba7d
  2. #7d7fbc

Split complementary

  1. #bcba7d
  2. #7d9ebc
  3. #9a7dbc

Analogous

  1. #bc9a7d
  2. #bcba7d
  3. #9ebc7d

Triadic

  1. #bcba7d
  2. #7dbcba
  3. #ba7dbc

Tetradic

  1. #bcba7d
  2. #7fbc7d
  3. #7d7fbc
  4. #ba7dbc

Square

  1. #bcba7d
  2. #7dbc9a
  3. #7d7fbc
  4. #bc7d9e

Monochromatic

  1. #6a6836
  2. #9c9a50
  3. #bcba7d
  4. #d6d5af
  5. #f0f0e2

Shades

#bcba7d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bcba7d
  2. #a9a771
  3. #969564
  4. #848258
  5. #71704b
  6. #5e5d3f
  7. #4b4a32
  8. #383826
  9. #262519
  10. #13130d
  11. #000000

Tints

#bcba7d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bcba7d
  2. #c3c18a
  3. #c9c897
  4. #d0cfa4
  5. #d7d6b1
  6. #deddbe
  7. #e4e3cb
  8. #ebead8
  9. #f2f1e5
  10. #f8f8f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bcba7d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bcba7d
  2. #b6b47d
  3. #b0ae7e
  4. #aaa97e
  5. #a4a37e
  6. #9e9d7f
  7. #98977f
  8. #92917f
  9. #8c8c7f
  10. #868680
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9b8a3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4b579 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5b87f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c5b2aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1b77a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c2b97e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c1b69a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bcba7d {
  color: #bcba7d;
}
Background
.bg-bcba7d {
  background-color: #bcba7d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bcba7d {
  border: 2px solid #bcba7d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bcba7d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 186 125;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 32% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bcba7d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bcba7d, #9ebc7d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bcba7d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 186 125 / 0.35);
}

#bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 3.33 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 3.48 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 5.50 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.37 #9ab973 Olivine ΔE 8.75 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 9.52 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 10.95 #434582 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Dark Khaki
#bcba7d  rgb(188, 186, 125)  hsl(58, 32%, 61%)  Dark Khaki
#7d7fbc  rgb(125, 127, 188)  hsl(238, 32%, 61%)  Glaucous
#7dbcba  rgb(125, 188, 186)  hsl(178, 32%, 61%)  Verdigris
#ba7dbc  rgb(186, 125, 188)  hsl(298, 32%, 61%)  Sky Magenta