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#B6A130

#b6a130 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#b6a130 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 71.37% red, 63.14% green and 18.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.54% magenta, 73.63% yellow and 28.63% black. Its hue angle is 50.6°, with 58.26% saturation and 45.1% 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 8.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 2.64.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3565

Complementary

  1. #b6a130
  2. #3045b6

Split complementary

  1. #b6a130
  2. #3088b6
  3. #5e30b6

Analogous

  1. #b65e30
  2. #b6a130
  3. #88b630

Triadic

  1. #b6a130
  2. #30b6a1
  3. #a130b6

Tetradic

  1. #b6a130
  2. #45b630
  3. #3045b6
  4. #a130b6

Square

  1. #b6a130
  2. #30b65e
  3. #3045b6
  4. #b63088

Monochromatic

  1. #3d3610
  2. #796b20
  3. #b6a130
  4. #d5c25e
  5. #e4d99b

Shades

#b6a130 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b6a130
  2. #a4912b
  3. #928126
  4. #7f7122
  5. #6d611d
  6. #5b5118
  7. #494013
  8. #37300e
  9. #24200a
  10. #121005
  11. #000000

Tints

#b6a130 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b6a130
  2. #bdaa45
  3. #c5b459
  4. #ccbd6e
  5. #d3c783
  6. #dbd098
  7. #e2d9ac
  8. #e9e3c1
  9. #f0ecd6
  10. #f8f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b6a130 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b6a130
  2. #b19e38
  3. #ab9a40
  4. #a69748
  5. #a09450
  6. #9b9158
  7. #968d60
  8. #908a68
  9. #8b8770
  10. #858378
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aaa183 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b19d1d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7a437 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c4958b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b39f26 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b6a334 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bf9a71 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b6a130 {
  color: #b6a130;
}
Background
.bg-b6a130 {
  background-color: #b6a130;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b6a130 {
  border: 2px solid #b6a130;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b6a130;
  --color-primary-rgb: 182 161 48;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 58% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b6a130 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b6a130, #88b630);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b6a130 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(182 161 48 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.64 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.93 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.09 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.57 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.07 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 9.33 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 10.03 #495ecf Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Brass
#b6a130  rgb(182, 161, 48)  hsl(51, 58%, 45%)  Brass
#3045b6  rgb(48, 69, 182)  hsl(231, 58%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#30b6a1  rgb(48, 182, 161)  hsl(171, 58%, 45%)  Light Sea Green
#a130b6  rgb(161, 48, 182)  hsl(291, 58%, 45%)  Dark Orchid