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#BDB47E

#bdb47e ≈ Ecru

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#bdb47e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.12% red, 70.59% green and 49.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.76% magenta, 33.33% yellow and 25.88% black. Its hue angle is 51.43°, with 32.31% saturation and 61.76% 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 9.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Ecru (#c2b280), ΔE 2.7.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.4497

Complementary

  1. #bdb47e
  2. #7e87bd

Split complementary

  1. #bdb47e
  2. #7ea6bd
  3. #947ebd

Analogous

  1. #bd947e
  2. #bdb47e
  3. #a6bd7e

Triadic

  1. #bdb47e
  2. #7ebdb4
  3. #b47ebd

Tetradic

  1. #bdb47e
  2. #87bd7e
  3. #7e87bd
  4. #b47ebd

Square

  1. #bdb47e
  2. #7ebd94
  3. #7e87bd
  4. #bd7ea6

Monochromatic

  1. #6b6437
  2. #9e9351
  3. #bdb47e
  4. #d7d1b1
  5. #f1efe3

Shades

#bdb47e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bdb47e
  2. #aaa271
  3. #979065
  4. #847e58
  5. #716c4c
  6. #5f5a3f
  7. #4c4832
  8. #393626
  9. #262419
  10. #13120d
  11. #000000

Tints

#bdb47e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bdb47e
  2. #c4bc8b
  3. #cac398
  4. #d1cba5
  5. #d7d2b2
  6. #dedabf
  7. #e5e1cb
  8. #ebe9d8
  9. #f2f0e5
  10. #f8f8f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bdb47e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bdb47e
  2. #b7af7e
  3. #b1aa7e
  4. #aba47f
  5. #a59f7f
  6. #9f9a7f
  7. #98957f
  8. #92907f
  9. #8c8a80
  10. #868580
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7b3a0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #beb17a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c1b580 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c6ada6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #beb27c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bfb47f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c3b098 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bdb47e {
  color: #bdb47e;
}
Background
.bg-bdb47e {
  background-color: #bdb47e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bdb47e {
  border: 2px solid #bdb47e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bdb47e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 189 180 126;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 32% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bdb47e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bdb47e, #a6bd7e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bdb47e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(189 180 126 / 0.35);
}

#c2b280 Ecru ΔE 2.70 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 2.71 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 4.50 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.23 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 9.24 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 9.26 #deb887 Burly Wood ΔE 10.48 #424b81 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Ecru
#bdb47e  rgb(189, 180, 126)  hsl(51, 32%, 62%)  Ecru
#7e87bd  rgb(126, 135, 189)  hsl(231, 32%, 62%)  Glaucous
#7ebdb4  rgb(126, 189, 180)  hsl(171, 32%, 62%)  Verdigris
#b47ebd  rgb(180, 126, 189)  hsl(291, 32%, 62%)  Floral Lavender