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#BEAD38

#bead38 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bead38 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.51% red, 67.84% green and 21.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.95% magenta, 70.53% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 52.39°, with 54.47% saturation and 48.24% 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 9.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 2.9.

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Relative luminance0.4112

Complementary

  1. #bead38
  2. #3849be

Split complementary

  1. #bead38
  2. #388cbe
  3. #6a38be

Analogous

  1. #be6a38
  2. #bead38
  3. #8cbe38

Triadic

  1. #bead38
  2. #38bead
  3. #ad38be

Tetradic

  1. #bead38
  2. #49be38
  3. #3849be
  4. #ad38be

Square

  1. #bead38
  2. #38be6a
  3. #3849be
  4. #be388c

Monochromatic

  1. #484115
  2. #837727
  3. #bead38
  4. #d4c76e
  5. #e6dea9

Shades

#bead38 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bead38
  2. #ab9c32
  3. #988a2d
  4. #857927
  5. #726822
  6. #5f571c
  7. #4c4516
  8. #393411
  9. #26230b
  10. #131106
  11. #000000

Tints

#bead38 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bead38
  2. #c5b54c
  3. #cbbd60
  4. #d2c674
  5. #d8ce88
  6. #dfd69c
  7. #e5deaf
  8. #ece6c3
  9. #f2efd7
  10. #f9f7eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bead38 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bead38
  2. #b8a93f
  3. #b2a446
  4. #aba04e
  5. #a59b55
  6. #9f975c
  7. #999263
  8. #938e6a
  9. #8c8972
  10. #868579
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3ac8c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bda826 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c2af3f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cda196 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #beaa2e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0ae3d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c7a67b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bead38 {
  color: #bead38;
}
Background
.bg-bead38 {
  background-color: #bead38;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bead38 {
  border: 2px solid #bead38;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bead38;
  --color-primary-rgb: 190 173 56;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 54% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bead38 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bead38, #8cbe38);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bead38 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(190 173 56 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.90 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.64 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 3.84 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.84 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.20 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.97 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 10.05 #4152c7 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Brass
#bead38  rgb(190, 173, 56)  hsl(52, 54%, 48%)  Brass
#3849be  rgb(56, 73, 190)  hsl(232, 54%, 48%)  Ocean Blue
#38bead  rgb(56, 190, 173)  hsl(172, 54%, 48%)  Tiffany Blue
#ad38be  rgb(173, 56, 190)  hsl(292, 54%, 48%)  Purpureus