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#B3A55A

#b3a55a ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#b3a55a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.2% red, 64.71% green and 35.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.82% magenta, 49.72% yellow and 29.8% black. Its hue angle is 50.56°, with 36.93% saturation and 52.75% 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 8.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.82.

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Relative luminance0.3723

Complementary

  1. #b3a55a
  2. #5a68b3

Split complementary

  1. #b3a55a
  2. #5a95b3
  3. #795ab3

Analogous

  1. #b3795a
  2. #b3a55a
  3. #95b35a

Triadic

  1. #b3a55a
  2. #5ab3a5
  3. #a55ab3

Tetradic

  1. #b3a55a
  2. #68b35a
  3. #5a68b3
  4. #a55ab3

Square

  1. #b3a55a
  2. #5ab379
  3. #5a68b3
  4. #b35a95

Monochromatic

  1. #4f4925
  2. #84793d
  3. #b3a55a
  4. #cbc28e
  5. #e3dec3

Shades

#b3a55a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b3a55a
  2. #a19551
  3. #8f8448
  4. #7d743f
  5. #6b6336
  6. #5a532d
  7. #484224
  8. #36321b
  9. #242112
  10. #121109
  11. #000000

Tints

#b3a55a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b3a55a
  2. #bbae6b
  3. #c2b77b
  4. #cac08c
  5. #d1c99c
  6. #d9d2ad
  7. #e1dbbd
  8. #e8e4ce
  9. #f0edde
  10. #f7f6ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b3a55a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b3a55a
  2. #aea15e
  3. #a99e62
  4. #a49a65
  5. #9f9669
  6. #9a936d
  7. #948f71
  8. #8f8b75
  9. #8a8778
  10. #85847c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aaa58c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b2a154 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6a75d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bf9b93 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2a356 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b5a65c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ba9f80 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b3a55a {
  color: #b3a55a;
}
Background
.bg-b3a55a {
  background-color: #b3a55a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b3a55a {
  border: 2px solid #b3a55a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b3a55a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 179 165 90;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 37% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b3a55a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b3a55a, #95b35a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b3a55a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(179 165 90 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.82 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.87 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.28 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 6.79 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.51 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 8.71 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.32 #4c5aa5 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Brass
#b3a55a  rgb(179, 165, 90)  hsl(51, 37%, 53%)  Brass
#5a68b3  rgb(90, 104, 179)  hsl(231, 37%, 53%)  Royal Blue
#5ab3a5  rgb(90, 179, 165)  hsl(171, 37%, 53%)  Verdigris
#a55ab3  rgb(165, 90, 179)  hsl(291, 37%, 53%)  Purpureus