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#B09B5B

#b09b5b ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#b09b5b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.02% red, 60.78% green and 35.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.93% magenta, 48.3% yellow and 30.98% black. Its hue angle is 45.18°, with 34.98% saturation and 52.35% 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 7.69:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 6.78.

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Web safe#999966
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Relative luminance0.3343

Complementary

  1. #b09b5b
  2. #5b70b0

Split complementary

  1. #b09b5b
  2. #5b9ab0
  3. #705bb0

Analogous

  1. #b0705b
  2. #b09b5b
  3. #9ab05b

Triadic

  1. #b09b5b
  2. #5bb09b
  3. #9b5bb0

Tetradic

  1. #b09b5b
  2. #70b05b
  3. #5b70b0
  4. #9b5bb0

Square

  1. #b09b5b
  2. #5bb070
  3. #5b70b0
  4. #b05b9a

Monochromatic

  1. #4d4325
  2. #81703e
  3. #b09b5b
  4. #c9ba8f
  5. #e2dac2

Shades

#b09b5b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b09b5b
  2. #9e8c52
  3. #8d7c49
  4. #7b6d40
  5. #6a5d37
  6. #584e2e
  7. #463e24
  8. #352f1b
  9. #231f12
  10. #121009
  11. #000000

Tints

#b09b5b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b09b5b
  2. #b8a56b
  3. #c0af7c
  4. #c8b98c
  5. #d0c39d
  6. #d8cdad
  7. #dfd7bd
  8. #e7e1ce
  9. #efebde
  10. #f7f5ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b09b5b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b09b5b
  2. #ab985f
  3. #a69662
  4. #a29366
  5. #9d906a
  6. #988e6e
  7. #938b71
  8. #8e8875
  9. #8a8579
  10. #85837c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a59c87 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a89956 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ad9f5d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bc928c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ab9a58 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ae9d5c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b7967b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b09b5b {
  color: #b09b5b;
}
Background
.bg-b09b5b {
  background-color: #b09b5b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b09b5b {
  border: 2px solid #b09b5b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b09b5b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 176 155 91;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 35% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b09b5b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b09b5b, #9ab05b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b09b5b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(176 155 91 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.78 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 7.46 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.09 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 8.23 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.91 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 10.30 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 10.66 #4f64a4 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Brass
#b09b5b  rgb(176, 155, 91)  hsl(45, 35%, 52%)  Brass
#5b70b0  rgb(91, 112, 176)  hsl(225, 35%, 52%)  Glaucous
#5bb09b  rgb(91, 176, 155)  hsl(165, 35%, 52%)  Persian Green
#9b5bb0  rgb(155, 91, 176)  hsl(285, 35%, 52%)  Purpureus