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#BEA136

#bea136 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bea136 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.51% red, 63.14% green and 21.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.26% magenta, 71.58% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 47.21°, with 55.74% saturation and 47.84% 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 8.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.27.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.367

Complementary

  1. #bea136
  2. #3653be

Split complementary

  1. #bea136
  2. #3697be
  3. #5d36be

Analogous

  1. #be5d36
  2. #bea136
  3. #97be36

Triadic

  1. #bea136
  2. #36bea1
  3. #a136be

Tetradic

  1. #bea136
  2. #53be36
  3. #3653be
  4. #a136be

Square

  1. #bea136
  2. #36be5d
  3. #3653be
  4. #be3697

Monochromatic

  1. #473c14
  2. #826f25
  3. #bea136
  4. #d5bf6b
  5. #e6d9a7

Shades

#bea136 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bea136
  2. #ab9131
  3. #98812b
  4. #857126
  5. #726120
  6. #5f511b
  7. #4c4016
  8. #393010
  9. #26200b
  10. #131005
  11. #000000

Tints

#bea136 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bea136
  2. #c5aa4a
  3. #cbb45e
  4. #d2bd72
  5. #d8c786
  6. #dfd09b
  7. #e5d9af
  8. #ece3c3
  9. #f2ecd7
  10. #f9f6eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bea136 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bea136
  2. #b89e3d
  3. #b29a45
  4. #ab974c
  5. #a59454
  6. #9f915b
  7. #998d62
  8. #938a6a
  9. #8c8771
  10. #868379
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afa285 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b29e26 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9a73c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cd948b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b79f2d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bba53a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c79973 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bea136 {
  color: #bea136;
}
Background
.bg-bea136 {
  background-color: #bea136;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bea136 {
  border: 2px solid #bea136;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bea136;
  --color-primary-rgb: 190 161 54;
  --color-primary-hsl: 47 56% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bea136 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bea136, #97be36);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bea136 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(190 161 54 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.27 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.97 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.78 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.01 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.04 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.30 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 9.54 #415ec9 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Brass
#bea136  rgb(190, 161, 54)  hsl(47, 56%, 48%)  Brass
#3653be  rgb(54, 83, 190)  hsl(227, 56%, 48%)  Sapphire
#36bea1  rgb(54, 190, 161)  hsl(167, 56%, 48%)  Mint
#a136be  rgb(161, 54, 190)  hsl(287, 56%, 48%)  Dark Orchid