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#BFA331

#bfa331 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bfa331 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 63.92% green and 19.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.66% magenta, 74.35% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 48.17°, with 59.17% saturation and 47.06% 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 8.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.1.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3749

Complementary

  1. #bfa331
  2. #314dbf

Split complementary

  1. #bfa331
  2. #3194bf
  3. #5c31bf

Analogous

  1. #bf5c31
  2. #bfa331
  3. #94bf31

Triadic

  1. #bfa331
  2. #31bfa3
  3. #a331bf

Tetradic

  1. #bfa331
  2. #4dbf31
  3. #314dbf
  4. #a331bf

Square

  1. #bfa331
  2. #31bf5c
  3. #314dbf
  4. #bf3194

Monochromatic

  1. #453b12
  2. #826f21
  3. #bfa331
  4. #d7c165
  5. #e7d9a2

Shades

#bfa331 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfa331
  2. #ac932c
  3. #998227
  4. #867222
  5. #73621d
  6. #605219
  7. #4c4114
  8. #39310f
  9. #26210a
  10. #131005
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfa331 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfa331
  2. #c5ac46
  3. #ccb55a
  4. #d2bf6f
  5. #d9c883
  6. #dfd198
  7. #e5daad
  8. #ece3c1
  9. #f2edd6
  10. #f9f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfa331 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfa331
  2. #b9a039
  3. #b29c41
  4. #ac9949
  5. #a69551
  6. #a09259
  7. #998e60
  8. #938b68
  9. #8d8770
  10. #868478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0a486 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b4a01e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bba838 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ce968d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b9a127 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bda635 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c89b73 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfa331 {
  color: #bfa331;
}
Background
.bg-bfa331 {
  background-color: #bfa331;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfa331 {
  border: 2px solid #bfa331;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfa331;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 163 49;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 59% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfa331 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfa331, #94bf31);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfa331 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 163 49 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.10 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.56 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.05 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.79 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.10 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.99 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.64 #405cce Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Brass
#bfa331  rgb(191, 163, 49)  hsl(48, 59%, 47%)  Brass
#314dbf  rgb(49, 77, 191)  hsl(228, 59%, 47%)  Sapphire
#31bfa3  rgb(49, 191, 163)  hsl(168, 59%, 47%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a331bf  rgb(163, 49, 191)  hsl(288, 59%, 47%)  Dark Orchid