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#B5A00A

#b5a00a ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#b5a00a is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.98% red, 62.75% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.6% magenta, 94.48% yellow and 29.02% black. Its hue angle is 52.63°, 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 8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.69.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3499

Complementary

  1. #b5a00a
  2. #0a1fb5

Split complementary

  1. #b5a00a
  2. #0a75b5
  3. #4a0ab5

Analogous

  1. #b54a0a
  2. #b5a00a
  3. #75b50a

Triadic

  1. #b5a00a
  2. #0ab5a0
  3. #a00ab5

Tetradic

  1. #b5a00a
  2. #1fb50a
  3. #0a1fb5
  4. #a00ab5

Square

  1. #b5a00a
  2. #0ab54a
  3. #0a1fb5
  4. #b50a75

Monochromatic

  1. #242002
  2. #6d6006
  3. #b5a00a
  4. #f2d819
  5. #f6e462

Shades

#b5a00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b5a00a
  2. #a39009
  3. #918008
  4. #7f7007
  5. #6d6006
  6. #5b5005
  7. #484004
  8. #363003
  9. #242002
  10. #121001
  11. #000000

Tints

#b5a00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b5a00a
  2. #bcaa23
  3. #c4b33b
  4. #cbbd54
  5. #d3c66c
  6. #dad085
  7. #e1d99d
  8. #e9e3b6
  9. #f0ecce
  10. #f8f6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b5a00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b5a00a
  2. #b09d16
  3. #aa9a22
  4. #a5962d
  5. #a09339
  6. #9b9045
  7. #958d51
  8. #908a5d
  9. #8b8668
  10. #858374
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9a07f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b19b00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7a31d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c49388 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b39d00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b6a217 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #be986c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b5a00a {
  color: #b5a00a;
}
Background
.bg-b5a00a {
  background-color: #b5a00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b5a00a {
  border: 2px solid #b5a00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b5a00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 160 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 90% 37%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b5a00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b5a00a, #75b50a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b5a00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 160 10 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.69 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.58 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.09 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.72 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 9.58 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 10.44 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.98 #4a5ff5 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Brass
#b5a00a  rgb(181, 160, 10)  hsl(53, 90%, 37%)  Brass
#0a1fb5  rgb(10, 31, 181)  hsl(233, 90%, 37%)  Zaffre
#0ab5a0  rgb(10, 181, 160)  hsl(173, 90%, 37%)  Persian Green
#a00ab5  rgb(160, 10, 181)  hsl(293, 90%, 37%)  Dark Violet