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#BEA437

#bea437 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bea437 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.51% red, 64.31% green and 21.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.68% magenta, 71.05% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 48.44°, with 55.1% saturation and 48.04% 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 8.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.38.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3777

Complementary

  1. #bea437
  2. #3751be

Split complementary

  1. #bea437
  2. #3795be
  3. #6037be

Analogous

  1. #be6037
  2. #bea437
  3. #95be37

Triadic

  1. #bea437
  2. #37bea4
  3. #a437be

Tetradic

  1. #bea437
  2. #51be37
  3. #3751be
  4. #a437be

Square

  1. #bea437
  2. #37be60
  3. #3751be
  4. #be3795

Monochromatic

  1. #473e15
  2. #837126
  3. #bea437
  4. #d5c16d
  5. #e6daa8

Shades

#bea437 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bea437
  2. #ab9432
  3. #98832c
  4. #857327
  5. #726221
  6. #5f521c
  7. #4c4216
  8. #393111
  9. #26210b
  10. #131006
  11. #000000

Tints

#bea437 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bea437
  2. #c5ad4b
  3. #cbb65f
  4. #d2bf73
  5. #d8c887
  6. #dfd29b
  7. #e5dbaf
  8. #ece4c3
  9. #f2edd7
  10. #f9f6eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bea437 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bea437
  2. #b8a03e
  3. #b29d46
  4. #ab994d
  5. #a59654
  6. #9f925c
  7. #998e63
  8. #938b6a
  9. #8c8771
  10. #868479
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0a587 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5a127 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bca93d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cd978e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b9a22e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bda73b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c79d75 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bea437 {
  color: #bea437;
}
Background
.bg-bea437 {
  background-color: #bea437;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bea437 {
  border: 2px solid #bea437;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bea437;
  --color-primary-rgb: 190 164 55;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 55% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bea437 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bea437, #95be37);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bea437 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(190 164 55 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.38 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.80 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.92 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.14 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.65 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.23 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.90 #415bc8 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Brass
#bea437  rgb(190, 164, 55)  hsl(48, 55%, 48%)  Brass
#3751be  rgb(55, 81, 190)  hsl(228, 55%, 48%)  Sapphire
#37bea4  rgb(55, 190, 164)  hsl(168, 55%, 48%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a437be  rgb(164, 55, 190)  hsl(288, 55%, 48%)  Dark Orchid