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#BEA22D

#bea22d ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bea22d 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 17.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.74% magenta, 76.32% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 48.41°, with 61.7% saturation and 46.08% 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 8.4:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.24.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3698

Complementary

  1. #bea22d
  2. #2d49be

Split complementary

  1. #bea22d
  2. #2d92be
  3. #592dbe

Analogous

  1. #be592d
  2. #bea22d
  3. #92be2d

Triadic

  1. #bea22d
  2. #2dbea2
  3. #a22dbe

Tetradic

  1. #bea22d
  2. #49be2d
  3. #2d49be
  4. #a22dbe

Square

  1. #bea22d
  2. #2dbe59
  3. #2d49be
  4. #be2d92

Monochromatic

  1. #423910
  2. #806d1e
  3. #bea22d
  4. #d9c15f
  5. #e8d99c

Shades

#bea22d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bea22d
  2. #ab9229
  3. #988224
  4. #857120
  5. #72611b
  6. #5f5117
  7. #4c4112
  8. #39310e
  9. #262009
  10. #131005
  11. #000000

Tints

#bea22d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bea22d
  2. #c5ab42
  3. #cbb557
  4. #d2be6c
  5. #d8c781
  6. #dfd196
  7. #e5daab
  8. #ece3c0
  9. #f2ecd5
  10. #f9f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bea22d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bea22d
  2. #b89f35
  3. #b29b3e
  4. #ab9846
  5. #a5944e
  6. #9f9157
  7. #998e5f
  8. #938a67
  9. #8c876f
  10. #868378
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afa384 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b39f16 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bba734 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ce958b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b8a021 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bca532 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c89a71 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bea22d {
  color: #bea22d;
}
Background
.bg-bea22d {
  background-color: #bea22d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bea22d {
  border: 2px solid #bea22d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bea22d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 190 162 45;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 62% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bea22d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bea22d, #92be2d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bea22d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(190 162 45 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.24 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.81 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.30 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.16 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.17 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.22 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.96 #415dd2 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Brass
#bea22d  rgb(190, 162, 45)  hsl(48, 62%, 46%)  Brass
#2d49be  rgb(45, 73, 190)  hsl(228, 62%, 46%)  Cobalt Blue
#2dbea2  rgb(45, 190, 162)  hsl(168, 62%, 46%)  Mint
#a22dbe  rgb(162, 45, 190)  hsl(288, 62%, 46%)  Dark Orchid