Information about #BCA11A color

#BCA11A color image

Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #BCA11A belongs to the Yellow Color Family, featuring High Saturation and Light brightness. In numbers: rgb(188, 161, 26) (73.7% red, 63.1% green, 10.2% blue), or CMYK 0 / 11 / 64 / 26 for print. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#BCA11A presents itself as a vivid, lively sunny yellow — one that carries an easy, daylight feel. It is a natural fit for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Buddha Gold (#BC9B1B). Slightly further away sit Gold Foil (#BD9B16) and Earls Green (#B8A722).

The recipe behind #BCA11A is rgb(188, 161, 26), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #BCA11A: 8.3:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.5:1 for white. No one has named #BCA11A so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#BCA11A color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#BCA11A color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#BCA11A color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#BCA11A color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#BCA11A color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#BCA11A color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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#1ABCA1
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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#BC1A86
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Nearest named colors to #BCA11A

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Buddha Gold color link
Buddha Gold

#BC9B1B

Gold Foil color link
Gold Foil

#BD9B16

Earls Green color link
Earls Green

#B8A722

Cookie Brown color link
Cookie Brown

#C7A317

Ocher color link
Ocher

#BF9B0C

Sahara color link
Sahara

#B79826

Greenfinch color link
Greenfinch

#BDA928

Lemon Curry color link
Lemon Curry

#CCA01D

Funk color link
Funk

#C6AA24

Wazzup color link
Wazzup

#BC9425

Marginalia Ochre color link
Marginalia Ochre

#C9A227

Lucky color link
Lucky

#AB9A1C

#BCA11A color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BCA11A
  • RGB188, 161, 26
  • CMYK0, 11, 64, 26
  • CSSrgb(188, 161, 26)
  • HSL50°, 76%, 42%
  • HSL Precise50°, 75.701%, 41.961%
  • HSV50°, 86%, 74%
  • HSB50°, 86%, 74%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.737
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.631
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.102
  • GLSLvec3(0.737, 0.631, 0.102)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.737, 0.631, 0.102, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.737, 0.631, 0.102)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB73.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB63.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB10.2%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDBCA11A
  • DECIMAL ID12362010
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers19 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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