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#B5902B

#b5902b ≈ Dark Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#b5902b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.98% red, 56.47% green and 16.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.44% magenta, 76.24% yellow and 29.02% black. Its hue angle is 43.91°, with 61.61% saturation and 43.92% 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 6.99:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Dark Goldenrod (#b8860b), ΔE 4.49.

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Relative luminance0.2994

Complementary

  1. #b5902b
  2. #2b50b5

Split complementary

  1. #b5902b
  2. #2b95b5
  3. #4b2bb5

Analogous

  1. #b54b2b
  2. #b5902b
  3. #95b52b

Triadic

  1. #b5902b
  2. #2bb590
  3. #902bb5

Tetradic

  1. #b5902b
  2. #50b52b
  3. #2b50b5
  4. #902bb5

Square

  1. #b5902b
  2. #2bb54b
  3. #2b50b5
  4. #b52b95

Monochromatic

  1. #392e0e
  2. #775f1c
  3. #b5902b
  4. #d7b456
  5. #e5cf94

Shades

#b5902b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b5902b
  2. #a38227
  3. #917322
  4. #7f651e
  5. #6d561a
  6. #5b4816
  7. #483a11
  8. #362b0d
  9. #241d09
  10. #120e04
  11. #000000

Tints

#b5902b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b5902b
  2. #bc9b40
  3. #c4a655
  4. #cbb16b
  5. #d3bc80
  6. #dac895
  7. #e1d3aa
  8. #e9debf
  9. #f0e9d5
  10. #f8f4ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b5902b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b5902b
  2. #b08e34
  3. #aa8d3c
  4. #a58b45
  5. #a08a4d
  6. #9b8856
  7. #95865e
  8. #908567
  9. #8b836f
  10. #858278
  11. #808080

Readable text 3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a39378 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a28f1a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aa9930 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c4837c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aa8f22 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #af952e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #be8865 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b5902b {
  color: #b5902b;
}
Background
.bg-b5902b {
  background-color: #b5902b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b5902b {
  border: 2px solid #b5902b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b5902b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 144 43;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 62% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b5902b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b5902b, #95b52b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b5902b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 144 43 / 0.35);
}

#b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 4.49 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 8.54 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 8.71 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.39 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 10.67 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 10.94 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 11.06 #4a6fd4 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Dark Goldenrod
#b5902b  rgb(181, 144, 43)  hsl(44, 62%, 44%)  Dark Goldenrod
#2b50b5  rgb(43, 80, 181)  hsl(224, 62%, 44%)  Sapphire
#2bb590  rgb(43, 181, 144)  hsl(164, 62%, 44%)  Mint
#902bb5  rgb(144, 43, 181)  hsl(284, 62%, 44%)  Dark Orchid