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#B5B640

#b5b640 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#b5b640 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.98% red, 71.37% green and 25.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.55% cyan, 0% magenta, 64.84% yellow and 28.63% black. Its hue angle is 60.51°, with 47.97% saturation and 48.24% 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 9.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 5.94.

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Relative luminance0.4365

Complementary

  1. #b5b640
  2. #4140b6

Split complementary

  1. #b5b640
  2. #407ab6
  3. #7c40b6

Analogous

  1. #b67c40
  2. #b5b640
  3. #7ab640

Triadic

  1. #b5b640
  2. #40b5b6
  3. #b640b5

Tetradic

  1. #b5b640
  2. #40b641
  3. #4140b6
  4. #b640b5

Square

  1. #b5b640
  2. #40b67c
  3. #4140b6
  4. #b6407a

Monochromatic

  1. #444518
  2. #7d7d2c
  3. #b5b640
  4. #cdce74
  5. #e2e2ad

Shades

#b5b640 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b5b640
  2. #a3a43a
  3. #919233
  4. #7f7f2d
  5. #6d6d26
  6. #5b5b20
  7. #48491a
  8. #363713
  9. #24240d
  10. #121206
  11. #000000

Tints

#b5b640 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b5b640
  2. #bcbd53
  3. #c4c566
  4. #cbcc79
  5. #d3d38c
  6. #dadba0
  7. #e1e2b3
  8. #e9e9c6
  9. #f0f0d9
  10. #f8f8ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b5b640 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b5b640
  2. #b0b146
  3. #aaab4d
  4. #a5a653
  5. #a0a05a
  6. #9b9b60
  7. #959666
  8. #90906d
  9. #8b8b73
  10. #85857a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2b391 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4ae30 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5b248 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c1ab9e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #beb237 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bfb445 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bdaf83 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b5b640 {
  color: #b5b640;
}
Background
.bg-b5b640 {
  background-color: #b5b640;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b5b640 {
  border: 2px solid #b5b640;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b5b640;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 182 64;
  --color-primary-hsl: 61 48% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b5b640 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b5b640, #7ab640);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b5b640 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 182 64 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.94 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.09 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 6.15 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.47 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 8.62 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 9.97 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 10.00 #4a49bf Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Brass
#b5b640  rgb(181, 182, 64)  hsl(61, 48%, 48%)  Brass
#4140b6  rgb(65, 64, 182)  hsl(241, 48%, 48%)  Ocean Blue
#40b5b6  rgb(64, 181, 182)  hsl(181, 48%, 48%)  Verdigris
#b640b5  rgb(182, 64, 181)  hsl(301, 48%, 48%)  Purpureus