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#BEA01F

#bea01f ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bea01f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.51% red, 62.75% green and 12.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.79% magenta, 83.68% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 48.68°, with 71.95% saturation and 43.33% 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 8.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 5.08.

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Relative luminance0.3619

Complementary

  1. #bea01f
  2. #1f3dbe

Split complementary

  1. #bea01f
  2. #1f8cbe
  3. #501fbe

Analogous

  1. #be501f
  2. #bea01f
  3. #8cbe1f

Triadic

  1. #bea01f
  2. #1fbea0
  3. #a01fbe

Tetradic

  1. #bea01f
  2. #3dbe1f
  3. #1f3dbe
  4. #a01fbe

Square

  1. #bea01f
  2. #1fbe50
  3. #1f3dbe
  4. #be1f8c

Monochromatic

  1. #3a310a
  2. #7c6914
  3. #bea01f
  4. #e1c448
  5. #ecd98a

Shades

#bea01f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bea01f
  2. #ab901c
  3. #988019
  4. #857016
  5. #726013
  6. #5f5010
  7. #4c400c
  8. #393009
  9. #262006
  10. #131003
  11. #000000

Tints

#bea01f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bea01f
  2. #c5aa35
  3. #cbb34c
  4. #d2bd62
  5. #d8c679
  6. #dfd08f
  7. #e5d9a5
  8. #ece3bc
  9. #f2ecd2
  10. #f9f6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bea01f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bea01f
  2. #b89d29
  3. #b29a32
  4. #ab963c
  5. #a59346
  6. #9f9050
  7. #998d59
  8. #938a63
  9. #8c866d
  10. #868376
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aea182 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b29d00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #baa629 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ce9289 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b79e09 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bba425 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c8986e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bea01f {
  color: #bea01f;
}
Background
.bg-bea01f {
  background-color: #bea01f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bea01f {
  border: 2px solid #bea01f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bea01f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 190 160 31;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 72% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bea01f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bea01f, #8cbe1f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bea01f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(190 160 31 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.08 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.27 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.88 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.86 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.28 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.37 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 9.48 #415fe0 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#bea01f  rgb(190, 160, 31)  hsl(49, 72%, 43%)  Metallic Gold
#1f3dbe  rgb(31, 61, 190)  hsl(229, 72%, 43%)  Persian Blue
#1fbea0  rgb(31, 190, 160)  hsl(169, 72%, 43%)  Mint
#a01fbe  rgb(160, 31, 190)  hsl(289, 72%, 43%)  Dark Orchid