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#BD9B4E

#bd9b4e ≈ Camel

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bd9b4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.12% red, 60.78% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.99% magenta, 58.73% yellow and 25.88% black. Its hue angle is 41.62°, with 45.68% saturation and 52.35% 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 7.96:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Camel (#c19a6b), ΔE 7.35.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.3481

Complementary

  1. #bd9b4e
  2. #4e70bd

Split complementary

  1. #bd9b4e
  2. #4ea7bd
  3. #634ebd

Analogous

  1. #bd634e
  2. #bd9b4e
  3. #a7bd4e

Triadic

  1. #bd9b4e
  2. #4ebd9b
  3. #9b4ebd

Tetradic

  1. #bd9b4e
  2. #70bd4e
  3. #4e70bd
  4. #9b4ebd

Square

  1. #bd9b4e
  2. #4ebd63
  3. #4e70bd
  4. #bd4ea7

Monochromatic

  1. #53431f
  2. #8b7034
  3. #bd9b4e
  4. #d2ba86
  5. #e7dabd

Shades

#bd9b4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bd9b4e
  2. #aa8c46
  3. #977c3e
  4. #846d37
  5. #715d2f
  6. #5f4e27
  7. #4c3e1f
  8. #392f17
  9. #261f10
  10. #131008
  11. #000000

Tints

#bd9b4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bd9b4e
  2. #c4a560
  3. #caaf71
  4. #d1b983
  5. #d7c395
  6. #decda7
  7. #e5d7b8
  8. #ebe1ca
  9. #f2ebdc
  10. #f8f5ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bd9b4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bd9b4e
  2. #b79853
  3. #b19658
  4. #ab935d
  5. #a59062
  6. #9f8e67
  7. #988b6c
  8. #928871
  9. #8c8576
  10. #86837b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ac9e86 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ab9a47 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3a351 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cb8f8a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b29a4a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b7a050 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c69476 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bd9b4e {
  color: #bd9b4e;
}
Background
.bg-bd9b4e {
  background-color: #bd9b4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bd9b4e {
  border: 2px solid #bd9b4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bd9b4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 189 155 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 46% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bd9b4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bd9b4e, #a7bd4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bd9b4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(189 155 78 / 0.35);
}

#c19a6b Camel ΔE 7.35 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.49 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.05 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 8.23 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 8.23 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.28 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 8.69 #4264b1 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Camel
#bd9b4e  rgb(189, 155, 78)  hsl(42, 46%, 52%)  Camel
#4e70bd  rgb(78, 112, 189)  hsl(222, 46%, 52%)  Royal Blue
#4ebd9b  rgb(78, 189, 155)  hsl(162, 46%, 52%)  Mint
#9b4ebd  rgb(155, 78, 189)  hsl(282, 46%, 52%)  Purpureus