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#BEA00A

#bea00a ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bea00a is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.51% red, 62.75% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.79% magenta, 94.74% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 50°, with 90% saturation and 39.22% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 5.38.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3611

Complementary

  1. #bea00a
  2. #0a28be

Split complementary

  1. #bea00a
  2. #0a82be
  3. #460abe

Analogous

  1. #be460a
  2. #bea00a
  3. #82be0a

Triadic

  1. #bea00a
  2. #0abea0
  3. #a00abe

Tetradic

  1. #bea00a
  2. #28be0a
  3. #0a28be
  4. #a00abe

Square

  1. #bea00a
  2. #0abe46
  3. #0a28be
  4. #be0a82

Monochromatic

  1. #2d2602
  2. #756306
  3. #bea00a
  4. #f3d021
  5. #f7e06a

Shades

#bea00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bea00a
  2. #ab9009
  3. #988008
  4. #857007
  5. #726006
  6. #5f5005
  7. #4c4004
  8. #393003
  9. #262002
  10. #131001
  11. #000000

Tints

#bea00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bea00a
  2. #c5aa23
  3. #cbb33b
  4. #d2bd54
  5. #d8c66c
  6. #dfd085
  7. #e5d99d
  8. #ece3b6
  9. #f2ecce
  10. #f9f6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bea00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bea00a
  2. #b89d16
  3. #b29a22
  4. #ab962d
  5. #a59339
  6. #9f9045
  7. #998d51
  8. #938a5d
  9. #8c8668
  10. #868374
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aea181 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b29d00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #baa61d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ce9288 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b79e00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bca417 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c8986c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bea00a {
  color: #bea00a;
}
Background
.bg-bea00a {
  background-color: #bea00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bea00a {
  border: 2px solid #bea00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bea00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 190 160 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 90% 39%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bea00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bea00a, #82be0a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bea00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(190 160 10 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.38 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.90 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.06 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.06 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.95 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.56 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 9.79 #415ff5 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#bea00a  rgb(190, 160, 10)  hsl(50, 90%, 39%)  Metallic Gold
#0a28be  rgb(10, 40, 190)  hsl(230, 90%, 39%)  Persian Blue
#0abea0  rgb(10, 190, 160)  hsl(170, 90%, 39%)  Mint
#a00abe  rgb(160, 10, 190)  hsl(290, 90%, 39%)  Dark Violet