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#B69C52

#b69c52 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#b69c52 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 71.37% red, 61.18% green and 32.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.29% magenta, 54.95% yellow and 28.63% black. Its hue angle is 44.4°, with 40.65% saturation and 51.76% 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 7.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 5.87.

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Relative luminance0.3433

Complementary

  1. #b69c52
  2. #526cb6

Split complementary

  1. #b69c52
  2. #529eb6
  3. #6a52b6

Analogous

  1. #b66a52
  2. #b69c52
  3. #9eb652

Triadic

  1. #b69c52
  2. #52b69c
  3. #9c52b6

Tetradic

  1. #b69c52
  2. #6cb652
  3. #526cb6
  4. #9c52b6

Square

  1. #b69c52
  2. #52b66a
  3. #526cb6
  4. #b6529e

Monochromatic

  1. #4e4221
  2. #847038
  3. #b69c52
  4. #cdbb88
  5. #e3dabe

Shades

#b69c52 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b69c52
  2. #a48c4a
  3. #927d42
  4. #7f6d39
  5. #6d5e31
  6. #5b4e29
  7. #493e21
  8. #372f19
  9. #241f10
  10. #121008
  11. #000000

Tints

#b69c52 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b69c52
  2. #bda663
  3. #c5b075
  4. #ccba86
  5. #d3c497
  6. #dbcea9
  7. #e2d7ba
  8. #e9e1cb
  9. #f0ebdc
  10. #f8f5ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b69c52 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b69c52
  2. #b19957
  3. #ab965b
  4. #a69460
  5. #a09164
  6. #9b8e69
  7. #968b6e
  8. #908872
  9. #8b8677
  10. #85837b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a89d86 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aa9a4b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b1a155 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c3918b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #af9b4e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b39f54 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #be9678 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b69c52 {
  color: #b69c52;
}
Background
.bg-b69c52 {
  background-color: #b69c52;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b69c52 {
  border: 2px solid #b69c52;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b69c52;
  --color-primary-rgb: 182 156 82;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 41% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b69c52 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b69c52, #9eb652);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b69c52 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(182 156 82 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.87 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.21 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 8.29 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 8.39 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.68 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.18 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 9.43 #4963ad Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Brass
#b69c52  rgb(182, 156, 82)  hsl(44, 41%, 52%)  Brass
#526cb6  rgb(82, 108, 182)  hsl(224, 41%, 52%)  Royal Blue
#52b69c  rgb(82, 182, 156)  hsl(164, 41%, 52%)  Mint
#9c52b6  rgb(156, 82, 182)  hsl(284, 41%, 52%)  Purpureus