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#b5a642 Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#b5a642 (Brass) is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.98% red, 65.1% green and 25.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.29% magenta, 63.54% yellow and 29.02% black. Its hue angle is 52.17°, with 46.56% saturation and 48.43% 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 8.5:1 (WCAG AAA).

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3749

Complementary

  1. #b5a642
  2. #4251b5

Split complementary

  1. #b5a642
  2. #428bb5
  3. #6c42b5

Analogous

  1. #b56c42
  2. #b5a642
  3. #8bb542

Triadic

  1. #b5a642
  2. #42b5a6
  3. #a642b5

Tetradic

  1. #b5a642
  2. #51b542
  3. #4251b5
  4. #a642b5

Square

  1. #b5a642
  2. #42b56c
  3. #4251b5
  4. #b5428b

Monochromatic

  1. #453f19
  2. #7d732e
  3. #b5a642
  4. #cdc276
  5. #e2dbae

Shades

#b5a642 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b5a642
  2. #a3953b
  3. #918535
  4. #7f742e
  5. #6d6428
  6. #5b5321
  7. #48421a
  8. #363214
  9. #24210d
  10. #121107
  11. #000000

Tints

#b5a642 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b5a642
  2. #bcaf55
  3. #c4b868
  4. #cbc17b
  5. #d3ca8e
  6. #dad3a1
  7. #e1dbb3
  8. #e9e4c6
  9. #f0edd9
  10. #f8f6ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b5a642 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b5a642
  2. #b0a248
  3. #aa9e4e
  4. #a59b55
  5. #a0975b
  6. #9b9361
  7. #958f67
  8. #908b6d
  9. #8b8874
  10. #85847a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aba588 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5a136 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9a747 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c29b91 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b5a33b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b7a745 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bd9f79 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b5a642 {
  color: #b5a642;
}
Background
.bg-b5a642 {
  background-color: #b5a642;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b5a642 {
  border: 2px solid #b5a642;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b5a642;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 166 66;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 47% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b5a642 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b5a642, #8bb542);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b5a642 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 166 66 / 0.35);
}

#c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.23 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.09 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 6.58 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.43 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 9.88 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 10.71 #4a59bd Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Brass
#b5a642  rgb(181, 166, 66)  hsl(52, 47%, 48%)  Brass
#4251b5  rgb(66, 81, 181)  hsl(232, 47%, 48%)  Sapphire
#42b5a6  rgb(66, 181, 166)  hsl(172, 47%, 48%)  Light Sea Green
#a642b5  rgb(166, 66, 181)  hsl(292, 47%, 48%)  Purpureus