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#BDAA7F

#bdaa7f ≈ Ecru

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#bdaa7f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.12% red, 66.67% green and 49.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.05% magenta, 32.8% yellow and 25.88% black. Its hue angle is 41.61°, with 31.96% saturation and 61.96% 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 9.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Ecru (#c2b280), ΔE 3.03.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.411

Complementary

  1. #bdaa7f
  2. #7f92bd

Split complementary

  1. #bdaa7f
  2. #7fb1bd
  3. #8b7fbd

Analogous

  1. #bd8b7f
  2. #bdaa7f
  3. #b1bd7f

Triadic

  1. #bdaa7f
  2. #7fbdaa
  3. #aa7fbd

Tetradic

  1. #bdaa7f
  2. #92bd7f
  3. #7f92bd
  4. #aa7fbd

Square

  1. #bdaa7f
  2. #7fbd8b
  3. #7f92bd
  4. #bd7fb1

Monochromatic

  1. #6c5c37
  2. #9e8751
  3. #bdaa7f
  4. #d7ccb1
  5. #f1ede4

Shades

#bdaa7f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bdaa7f
  2. #aa9972
  3. #978866
  4. #847759
  5. #71664c
  6. #5f5540
  7. #4c4433
  8. #393326
  9. #262219
  10. #13110d
  11. #000000

Tints

#bdaa7f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bdaa7f
  2. #c4b38c
  3. #cabb99
  4. #d1c4a5
  5. #d7ccb2
  6. #ded5bf
  7. #e5ddcc
  8. #ebe6d9
  9. #f2eee5
  10. #f8f7f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bdaa7f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bdaa7f
  2. #b7a67f
  3. #b1a27f
  4. #ab9d7f
  5. #a5997f
  6. #9f9580
  7. #989180
  8. #928d80
  9. #8c8880
  10. #868480
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3ab9c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b4a97c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9ae80 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c7a39f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b8a97d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bbac80 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c3a693 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bdaa7f {
  color: #bdaa7f;
}
Background
.bg-bdaa7f {
  background-color: #bdaa7f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bdaa7f {
  border: 2px solid #bdaa7f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bdaa7f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 189 170 127;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 32% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bdaa7f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bdaa7f, #b1bd7f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bdaa7f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(189 170 127 / 0.35);
}

#c2b280 Ecru ΔE 3.03 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 5.62 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 6.55 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 7.56 #deb887 Burly Wood ΔE 7.72 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.91 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 9.69 #425580 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Ecru
#bdaa7f  rgb(189, 170, 127)  hsl(42, 32%, 62%)  Ecru
#7f92bd  rgb(127, 146, 189)  hsl(222, 32%, 62%)  Cool Gray
#7fbdaa  rgb(127, 189, 170)  hsl(162, 32%, 62%)  Medium Aquamarine
#aa7fbd  rgb(170, 127, 189)  hsl(282, 32%, 62%)  Purple Mountain Majesty