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#B09620

#b09620 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#b09620 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.02% red, 58.82% green and 12.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.77% magenta, 81.82% yellow and 30.98% black. Its hue angle is 49.17°, with 69.23% saturation and 40.78% 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 7.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 5.75.

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Web safe#999933
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Relative luminance0.3115

Complementary

  1. #b09620
  2. #203ab0

Split complementary

  1. #b09620
  2. #2082b0
  3. #4e20b0

Analogous

  1. #b04e20
  2. #b09620
  3. #82b020

Triadic

  1. #b09620
  2. #20b096
  3. #9620b0

Tetradic

  1. #b09620
  2. #3ab020
  3. #203ab0
  4. #9620b0

Square

  1. #b09620
  2. #20b04e
  3. #203ab0
  4. #b02082

Monochromatic

  1. #2f2808
  2. #6f5f14
  3. #b09620
  4. #dcc040
  5. #e8d581

Shades

#b09620 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b09620
  2. #9e871d
  3. #8d781a
  4. #7b6916
  5. #6a5a13
  6. #584b10
  7. #463c0d
  8. #352d0a
  9. #231e06
  10. #120f03
  11. #000000

Tints

#b09620 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b09620
  2. #b8a136
  3. #c0ab4d
  4. #c8b663
  5. #d0c079
  6. #d8cb90
  7. #dfd5a6
  8. #e7e0bc
  9. #efead2
  10. #f7f5e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b09620 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b09620
  2. #ab942a
  3. #a69233
  4. #a28f3d
  5. #9d8d46
  6. #988b50
  7. #93895a
  8. #8e8763
  9. #8a846d
  10. #858276
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a29779 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a79300 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ad9b29 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bf8980 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aa9410 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ae9926 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b98f67 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b09620 {
  color: #b09620;
}
Background
.bg-b09620 {
  background-color: #b09620;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b09620 {
  border: 2px solid #b09620;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b09620;
  --color-primary-rgb: 176 150 32;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 69% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b09620 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b09620, #82b020);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b09620 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(176 150 32 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.75 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 8.15 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.44 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 9.01 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 9.12 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 9.48 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 11.71 #4f69df Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Brass
#b09620  rgb(176, 150, 32)  hsl(49, 69%, 41%)  Brass
#203ab0  rgb(32, 58, 176)  hsl(229, 69%, 41%)  Persian Blue
#20b096  rgb(32, 176, 150)  hsl(169, 69%, 41%)  Jungle Green
#9620b0  rgb(150, 32, 176)  hsl(289, 69%, 41%)  Dark Orchid