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#B5AE4E

#b5ae4e ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#b5ae4e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.98% red, 68.24% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.87% magenta, 56.91% yellow and 29.02% black. Its hue angle is 55.92°, with 41.04% saturation and 50.78% 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 9.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.11.

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Relative luminance0.4065

Complementary

  1. #b5ae4e
  2. #4e55b5

Split complementary

  1. #b5ae4e
  2. #4e88b5
  3. #7a4eb5

Analogous

  1. #b57a4e
  2. #b5ae4e
  3. #88b54e

Triadic

  1. #b5ae4e
  2. #4eb5ae
  3. #ae4eb5

Tetradic

  1. #b5ae4e
  2. #55b54e
  3. #4e55b5
  4. #ae4eb5

Square

  1. #b5ae4e
  2. #4eb57a
  3. #4e55b5
  4. #b54e88

Monochromatic

  1. #4b481f
  2. #817c36
  3. #b5ae4e
  4. #ccc784
  5. #e2dfba

Shades

#b5ae4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b5ae4e
  2. #a39d46
  3. #918b3e
  4. #7f7a37
  5. #6d682f
  6. #5b5727
  7. #48461f
  8. #363417
  9. #242310
  10. #121108
  11. #000000

Tints

#b5ae4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b5ae4e
  2. #bcb660
  3. #c4be71
  4. #cbc683
  5. #d3ce95
  6. #dad7a7
  7. #e1dfb8
  8. #e9e7ca
  9. #f0efdc
  10. #f8f7ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b5ae4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b5ae4e
  2. #b0a953
  3. #aaa558
  4. #a5a05d
  5. #a09c62
  6. #9b9767
  7. #95926c
  8. #908e71
  9. #8b8976
  10. #85857b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afac8f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bca844 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bead53 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c1a499 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b9ab48 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bbad51 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bca881 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b5ae4e {
  color: #b5ae4e;
}
Background
.bg-b5ae4e {
  background-color: #b5ae4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b5ae4e {
  border: 2px solid #b5ae4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b5ae4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 174 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 41% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b5ae4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b5ae4e, #88b54e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b5ae4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 174 78 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.11 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 3.83 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 4.24 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.80 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.08 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 9.25 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 10.07 #4a51b1 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Brass
#b5ae4e  rgb(181, 174, 78)  hsl(56, 41%, 51%)  Brass
#4e55b5  rgb(78, 85, 181)  hsl(236, 41%, 51%)  Iris
#4eb5ae  rgb(78, 181, 174)  hsl(176, 41%, 51%)  Verdigris
#ae4eb5  rgb(174, 78, 181)  hsl(296, 41%, 51%)  Purpureus