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#B89A3B

#b89a3b ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#b89a3b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 60.39% green and 23.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.3% magenta, 67.93% yellow and 27.84% black. Its hue angle is 45.6°, with 51.44% saturation and 47.65% 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 7.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 5.42.

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Relative luminance0.3362

Complementary

  1. #b89a3b
  2. #3b59b8

Split complementary

  1. #b89a3b
  2. #3b98b8
  3. #5c3bb8

Analogous

  1. #b85c3b
  2. #b89a3b
  3. #98b83b

Triadic

  1. #b89a3b
  2. #3bb89a
  3. #9a3bb8

Tetradic

  1. #b89a3b
  2. #59b83b
  3. #3b59b8
  4. #9a3bb8

Square

  1. #b89a3b
  2. #3bb85c
  3. #3b59b8
  4. #b83b98

Monochromatic

  1. #443916
  2. #7e6a28
  3. #b89a3b
  4. #d1b96f
  5. #e3d5a9

Shades

#b89a3b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b89a3b
  2. #a68b35
  3. #937b2f
  4. #816c29
  5. #6e5c23
  6. #5c4d1e
  7. #4a3e18
  8. #372e12
  9. #251f0c
  10. #120f06
  11. #000000

Tints

#b89a3b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b89a3b
  2. #bfa44f
  3. #c6ae62
  4. #cdb876
  5. #d4c289
  6. #dccd9d
  7. #e3d7b1
  8. #eae1c4
  9. #f1ebd8
  10. #f8f5eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b89a3b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b89a3b
  2. #b29742
  3. #ad9549
  4. #a79250
  5. #a29057
  6. #9c8d5e
  7. #968a64
  8. #91886b
  9. #8b8572
  10. #868379
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a89c81 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aa982f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2a040 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c78e86 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b09934 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b49e3e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c19370 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b89a3b {
  color: #b89a3b;
}
Background
.bg-b89a3b {
  background-color: #b89a3b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b89a3b {
  border: 2px solid #b89a3b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b89a3b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 154 59;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 51% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b89a3b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b89a3b, #98b83b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b89a3b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 154 59 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.42 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.11 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.60 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 7.87 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 8.01 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.23 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 10.15 #4765c4 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Brass
#b89a3b  rgb(184, 154, 59)  hsl(46, 51%, 48%)  Brass
#3b59b8  rgb(59, 89, 184)  hsl(226, 51%, 48%)  Sapphire
#3bb89a  rgb(59, 184, 154)  hsl(166, 51%, 48%)  Mint
#9a3bb8  rgb(154, 59, 184)  hsl(286, 51%, 48%)  Dark Orchid