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#B5960A

#b5960a ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#b5960a is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.98% red, 58.82% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.13% magenta, 94.48% yellow and 29.02% black. Its hue angle is 49.12°, with 89.53% saturation and 37.45% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 6.93.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3166

Complementary

  1. #b5960a
  2. #0a29b5

Split complementary

  1. #b5960a
  2. #0a7fb5
  3. #400ab5

Analogous

  1. #b5400a
  2. #b5960a
  3. #7fb50a

Triadic

  1. #b5960a
  2. #0ab596
  3. #960ab5

Tetradic

  1. #b5960a
  2. #29b50a
  3. #0a29b5
  4. #960ab5

Square

  1. #b5960a
  2. #0ab540
  3. #0a29b5
  4. #b50a7f

Monochromatic

  1. #241e02
  2. #6d5a06
  3. #b5960a
  4. #f2cb19
  5. #f6db62

Shades

#b5960a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b5960a
  2. #a38709
  3. #917808
  4. #7f6907
  5. #6d5a06
  6. #5b4b05
  7. #483c04
  8. #362d03
  9. #241e02
  10. #120f01
  11. #000000

Tints

#b5960a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b5960a
  2. #bca123
  3. #c4ab3b
  4. #cbb654
  5. #d3c06c
  6. #dacb85
  7. #e1d59d
  8. #e9e0b6
  9. #f0eace
  10. #f8f5e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b5960a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b5960a
  2. #b09416
  3. #aa9222
  4. #a58f2d
  5. #a08d39
  6. #9b8b45
  7. #958951
  8. #90875d
  9. #8b8468
  10. #858274
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a59879 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a89300 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b09c1a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c5887f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ad9400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b29a15 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bf8e65 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b5960a {
  color: #b5960a;
}
Background
.bg-b5960a {
  background-color: #b5960a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b5960a {
  border: 2px solid #b5960a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b5960a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 150 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 90% 37%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b5960a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b5960a, #7fb50a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b5960a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 150 10 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.93 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 7.37 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.86 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 8.26 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.90 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 9.81 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 10.93 #4a69f5 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Brass
#b5960a  rgb(181, 150, 10)  hsl(49, 90%, 37%)  Brass
#0a29b5  rgb(10, 41, 181)  hsl(229, 90%, 37%)  Egyptian Blue
#0ab596  rgb(10, 181, 150)  hsl(169, 90%, 37%)  Jungle Green
#960ab5  rgb(150, 10, 181)  hsl(289, 90%, 37%)  Dark Violet