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#BEAC2C

#beac2c ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#beac2c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.51% red, 67.45% green and 17.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.47% magenta, 76.84% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 52.6°, with 62.39% saturation and 45.88% 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 9.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.61.

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Relative luminance0.4063

Complementary

  1. #beac2c
  2. #2c3ebe

Split complementary

  1. #beac2c
  2. #2c87be
  3. #632cbe

Analogous

  1. #be632c
  2. #beac2c
  3. #87be2c

Triadic

  1. #beac2c
  2. #2cbeac
  3. #ac2cbe

Tetradic

  1. #beac2c
  2. #3ebe2c
  3. #2c3ebe
  4. #ac2cbe

Square

  1. #beac2c
  2. #2cbe63
  3. #2c3ebe
  4. #be2c87

Monochromatic

  1. #423c0f
  2. #80741e
  3. #beac2c
  4. #d9ca5d
  5. #e8de9b

Shades

#beac2c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #beac2c
  2. #ab9b28
  3. #988a23
  4. #85781f
  5. #72671a
  6. #5f5616
  7. #4c4512
  8. #39340d
  9. #262209
  10. #131104
  11. #000000

Tints

#beac2c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #beac2c
  2. #c5b441
  3. #cbbd56
  4. #d2c56b
  5. #d8cd80
  6. #dfd696
  7. #e5deab
  8. #ece6c0
  9. #f2eed5
  10. #f9f7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#beac2c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #beac2c
  2. #b8a834
  3. #b2a33d
  4. #ab9f45
  5. #a59a4e
  6. #9f9656
  7. #99925e
  8. #938d67
  9. #8c896f
  10. #868478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3ab8a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bda70f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c2ae35 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cd9f94 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bda91e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0ad32 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c7a478 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-beac2c {
  color: #beac2c;
}
Background
.bg-beac2c {
  background-color: #beac2c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-beac2c {
  border: 2px solid #beac2c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #beac2c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 190 172 44;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 62% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-beac2c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #beac2c, #87be2c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-beac2c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(190 172 44 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.61 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.66 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.87 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.72 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.29 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.88 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 9.78 #4153d3 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Brass
#beac2c  rgb(190, 172, 44)  hsl(53, 62%, 46%)  Brass
#2c3ebe  rgb(44, 62, 190)  hsl(233, 62%, 46%)  Persian Blue
#2cbeac  rgb(44, 190, 172)  hsl(173, 62%, 46%)  Light Sea Green
#ac2cbe  rgb(172, 44, 190)  hsl(293, 62%, 46%)  Dark Orchid