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#BEA22B

#bea22b ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bea22b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.51% red, 63.53% green and 16.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.74% magenta, 77.37% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 48.57°, with 63.09% saturation and 45.69% 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 8.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.32.

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Relative luminance0.3696

Complementary

  1. #bea22b
  2. #2b47be

Split complementary

  1. #bea22b
  2. #2b91be
  3. #592bbe

Analogous

  1. #be592b
  2. #bea22b
  3. #91be2b

Triadic

  1. #bea22b
  2. #2bbea2
  3. #a22bbe

Tetradic

  1. #bea22b
  2. #47be2b
  3. #2b47be
  4. #a22bbe

Square

  1. #bea22b
  2. #2bbe59
  3. #2b47be
  4. #be2b91

Monochromatic

  1. #41380f
  2. #806d1d
  3. #bea22b
  4. #dac25c
  5. #e8d99a

Shades

#bea22b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bea22b
  2. #ab9227
  3. #988222
  4. #85711e
  5. #72611a
  6. #5f5116
  7. #4c4111
  8. #39310d
  9. #262009
  10. #131004
  11. #000000

Tints

#bea22b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bea22b
  2. #c5ab40
  3. #cbb555
  4. #d2be6b
  5. #d8c780
  6. #dfd195
  7. #e5daaa
  8. #ece3bf
  9. #f2ecd5
  10. #f9f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bea22b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bea22b
  2. #b89f34
  3. #b29b3c
  4. #ab9845
  5. #a5944d
  6. #9f9156
  7. #998e5e
  8. #938a67
  9. #8c876f
  10. #868378
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afa384 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b49f12 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bba733 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ce958b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b8a01e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bca530 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c89a71 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bea22b {
  color: #bea22b;
}
Background
.bg-bea22b {
  background-color: #bea22b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bea22b {
  border: 2px solid #bea22b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bea22b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 190 162 43;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 63% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bea22b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bea22b, #91be2b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bea22b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(190 162 43 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.32 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.81 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.29 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.26 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.18 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.23 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 10.07 #415dd4 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Brass
#bea22b  rgb(190, 162, 43)  hsl(49, 63%, 46%)  Brass
#2b47be  rgb(43, 71, 190)  hsl(229, 63%, 46%)  Persian Blue
#2bbea2  rgb(43, 190, 162)  hsl(169, 63%, 46%)  Mint
#a22bbe  rgb(162, 43, 190)  hsl(289, 63%, 46%)  Dark Orchid