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#B4A42E

#b4a42e ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#b4a42e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.59% red, 64.31% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.89% magenta, 74.44% yellow and 29.41% black. Its hue angle is 52.84°, with 59.29% saturation and 44.31% 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 8.29:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 2.17.

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Relative luminance0.3645

Complementary

  1. #b4a42e
  2. #2e3eb4

Split complementary

  1. #b4a42e
  2. #2e81b4
  3. #612eb4

Analogous

  1. #b4612e
  2. #b4a42e
  3. #81b42e

Triadic

  1. #b4a42e
  2. #2eb4a4
  3. #a42eb4

Tetradic

  1. #b4a42e
  2. #3eb42e
  3. #2e3eb4
  4. #a42eb4

Square

  1. #b4a42e
  2. #2eb461
  3. #2e3eb4
  4. #b42e81

Monochromatic

  1. #3a350f
  2. #776c1e
  3. #b4a42e
  4. #d5c65a
  5. #e4db97

Shades

#b4a42e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b4a42e
  2. #a29429
  3. #908325
  4. #7e7320
  5. #6c621c
  6. #5a5217
  7. #484212
  8. #36310e
  9. #242109
  10. #121005
  11. #000000

Tints

#b4a42e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b4a42e
  2. #bcad43
  3. #c3b658
  4. #cbbf6d
  5. #d2c882
  6. #dad297
  7. #e1dbab
  8. #e9e4c0
  9. #f0edd5
  10. #f8f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b4a42e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b4a42e
  2. #afa036
  3. #aa9d3e
  4. #a49947
  5. #9f964f
  6. #9a9257
  7. #958e5f
  8. #908b67
  9. #8a8770
  10. #858478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.29:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aaa384 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b49f18 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8a536 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c2988d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b4a122 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b7a533 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bd9d73 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b4a42e {
  color: #b4a42e;
}
Background
.bg-b4a42e {
  background-color: #b4a42e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b4a42e {
  border: 2px solid #b4a42e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b4a42e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 180 164 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 59% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b4a42e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b4a42e, #81b42e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b4a42e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(180 164 46 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.17 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.69 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.96 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.24 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.47 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 10.57 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 10.66 #4b5bd1 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Brass
#b4a42e  rgb(180, 164, 46)  hsl(53, 59%, 44%)  Brass
#2e3eb4  rgb(46, 62, 180)  hsl(233, 59%, 44%)  Persian Blue
#2eb4a4  rgb(46, 180, 164)  hsl(173, 59%, 44%)  Light Sea Green
#a42eb4  rgb(164, 46, 180)  hsl(293, 59%, 44%)  Dark Orchid