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#BFA650

#bfa650 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bfa650 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 65.1% green and 31.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.09% magenta, 58.12% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 46.49°, with 46.44% saturation and 53.14% 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 8.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.78.

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Relative luminance0.3893

Complementary

  1. #bfa650
  2. #5069bf

Split complementary

  1. #bfa650
  2. #50a0bf
  3. #6f50bf

Analogous

  1. #bf6f50
  2. #bfa650
  3. #a0bf50

Triadic

  1. #bfa650
  2. #50bfa6
  3. #a650bf

Tetradic

  1. #bfa650
  2. #69bf50
  3. #5069bf
  4. #a650bf

Square

  1. #bfa650
  2. #50bf6f
  3. #5069bf
  4. #bf50a0

Monochromatic

  1. #564a20
  2. #8e7a34
  3. #bfa650
  4. #d3c288
  5. #e8dfc0

Shades

#bfa650 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfa650
  2. #ac9548
  3. #998540
  4. #867438
  5. #736430
  6. #605328
  7. #4c4220
  8. #393218
  9. #262110
  10. #131108
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfa650 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfa650
  2. #c5af62
  3. #ccb873
  4. #d2c185
  5. #d9ca96
  6. #dfd3a8
  7. #e5dbb9
  8. #ece4cb
  9. #f2eddc
  10. #f9f6ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfa650 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfa650
  2. #b9a255
  3. #b29e5a
  4. #ac9b5e
  5. #a69763
  6. #a09368
  7. #998f6d
  8. #938b72
  9. #8d8876
  10. #86847b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1a78d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5a348 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bcab54 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cd9b93 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b9a44b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bda952 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c89f7d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfa650 {
  color: #bfa650;
}
Background
.bg-bfa650 {
  background-color: #bfa650;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfa650 {
  border: 2px solid #bfa650;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfa650;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 166 80;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 46% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfa650 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfa650, #a0bf50);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfa650 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 166 80 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.78 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.01 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.86 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.05 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.14 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 7.93 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 8.56 #4059af Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Brass
#bfa650  rgb(191, 166, 80)  hsl(46, 46%, 53%)  Brass
#5069bf  rgb(80, 105, 191)  hsl(226, 46%, 53%)  Royal Blue
#50bfa6  rgb(80, 191, 166)  hsl(166, 46%, 53%)  Medium Aquamarine
#a650bf  rgb(166, 80, 191)  hsl(286, 46%, 53%)  Purpureus