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#B1B326

#b1b326 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#b1b326 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.41% red, 70.2% green and 14.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 1.12% cyan, 0% magenta, 78.77% yellow and 29.8% black. Its hue angle is 60.85°, with 64.98% saturation and 42.55% 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 9.35:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 6.37.

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Web safe#99cc33
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Relative luminance0.4173

Complementary

  1. #b1b326
  2. #2826b3

Split complementary

  1. #b1b326
  2. #266bb3
  3. #6f26b3

Analogous

  1. #b36f26
  2. #b1b326
  3. #6bb326

Triadic

  1. #b1b326
  2. #26b1b3
  3. #b326b1

Tetradic

  1. #b1b326
  2. #26b328
  3. #2826b3
  4. #b326b1

Square

  1. #b1b326
  2. #26b36f
  3. #2826b3
  4. #b3266b

Monochromatic

  1. #34350b
  2. #737419
  3. #b1b326
  4. #d7d94c
  5. #e5e68c

Shades

#b1b326 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b1b326
  2. #9fa122
  3. #8e8f1e
  4. #7c7d1b
  5. #6a6b17
  6. #595a13
  7. #47480f
  8. #35360b
  9. #232408
  10. #121204
  11. #000000

Tints

#b1b326 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b1b326
  2. #b9bb3c
  3. #c1c251
  4. #c8ca67
  5. #d0d17d
  6. #d8d993
  7. #e0e1a8
  8. #e8e8be
  9. #eff0d4
  10. #f7f7e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b1b326 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b1b326
  2. #acae2f
  3. #a7a938
  4. #a2a441
  5. #9d9f4a
  6. #999a53
  7. #94945c
  8. #8f8f65
  9. #8a8a6e
  10. #858577
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afaf8b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2ab00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c3af33 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bea799 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bbae12 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bcb02e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b9ac7b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b1b326 {
  color: #b1b326;
}
Background
.bg-b1b326 {
  background-color: #b1b326;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b1b326 {
  border: 2px solid #b1b326;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b1b326;
  --color-primary-rgb: 177 179 38;
  --color-primary-hsl: 61 65% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b1b326 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b1b326, #6bb326);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b1b326 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(177 179 38 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.37 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.46 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.76 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 8.06 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.27 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 10.70 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 10.77 #4e4cd9 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Brass
#b1b326  rgb(177, 179, 38)  hsl(61, 65%, 43%)  Brass
#2826b3  rgb(40, 38, 179)  hsl(241, 65%, 43%)  Zaffre
#26b1b3  rgb(38, 177, 179)  hsl(181, 65%, 43%)  Verdigris
#b326b1  rgb(179, 38, 177)  hsl(301, 65%, 43%)  Purpureus