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#B6B42E

#b6b42e ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#b6b42e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 71.37% red, 70.59% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.1% magenta, 74.73% yellow and 28.63% black. Its hue angle is 59.12°, with 59.65% saturation and 44.71% 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 9.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 5.75.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4278

Complementary

  1. #b6b42e
  2. #2e30b6

Split complementary

  1. #b6b42e
  2. #2e74b6
  3. #702eb6

Analogous

  1. #b6702e
  2. #b6b42e
  3. #74b62e

Triadic

  1. #b6b42e
  2. #2eb6b4
  3. #b42eb6

Tetradic

  1. #b6b42e
  2. #30b62e
  3. #2e30b6
  4. #b42eb6

Square

  1. #b6b42e
  2. #2eb670
  3. #2e30b6
  4. #b62e74

Monochromatic

  1. #3c3b0f
  2. #79781f
  3. #b6b42e
  4. #d6d45b
  5. #e5e498

Shades

#b6b42e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b6b42e
  2. #a4a229
  3. #929025
  4. #7f7e20
  5. #6d6c1c
  6. #5b5a17
  7. #494812
  8. #37360e
  9. #242409
  10. #121205
  11. #000000

Tints

#b6b42e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b6b42e
  2. #bdbc43
  3. #c5c358
  4. #cccb6d
  5. #d3d282
  6. #dbda97
  7. #e2e1ab
  8. #e9e9c0
  9. #f0f0d5
  10. #f8f8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b6b42e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b6b42e
  2. #b1af36
  3. #abaa3e
  4. #a6a447
  5. #a09f4f
  6. #9b9a57
  7. #96955f
  8. #909067
  9. #8b8a70
  10. #858578
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2b18d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3ac0f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5b139 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c3a89b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #beb01f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bfb235 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bead7d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b6b42e {
  color: #b6b42e;
}
Background
.bg-b6b42e {
  background-color: #b6b42e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b6b42e {
  border: 2px solid #b6b42e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b6b42e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 182 180 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 60% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b6b42e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b6b42e, #74b62e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b6b42e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(182 180 46 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.75 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.44 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.66 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.60 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 9.10 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.73 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 10.00 #494bd1 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Brass
#b6b42e  rgb(182, 180, 46)  hsl(59, 60%, 45%)  Brass
#2e30b6  rgb(46, 48, 182)  hsl(239, 60%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#2eb6b4  rgb(46, 182, 180)  hsl(179, 60%, 45%)  Verdigris
#b42eb6  rgb(180, 46, 182)  hsl(299, 60%, 45%)  Purpureus