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#B8A003

#b8a003 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#b8a003 is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 62.75% green and 1.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.04% magenta, 98.37% yellow and 27.84% black. Its hue angle is 52.04°, with 96.79% saturation and 36.67% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 5.18.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3534

Complementary

  1. #b8a003
  2. #031bb8

Split complementary

  1. #b8a003
  2. #0376b8
  3. #4503b8

Analogous

  1. #b84503
  2. #b8a003
  3. #76b803

Triadic

  1. #b8a003
  2. #03b8a0
  3. #a003b8

Tetradic

  1. #b8a003
  2. #1bb803
  3. #031bb8
  4. #a003b8

Square

  1. #b8a003
  2. #03b845
  3. #031bb8
  4. #b80376

Monochromatic

  1. #211d01
  2. #6d5f02
  3. #b8a003
  4. #fbdb0c
  5. #fce658

Shades

#b8a003 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b8a003
  2. #a69003
  3. #938002
  4. #817002
  5. #6e6002
  6. #5c5002
  7. #4a4001
  8. #373001
  9. #252001
  10. #121000
  11. #000000

Tints

#b8a003 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b8a003
  2. #bfaa1c
  3. #c6b335
  4. #cdbd4f
  5. #d4c668
  6. #dcd081
  7. #e3d99a
  8. #eae3b3
  9. #f1eccd
  10. #f8f6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b8a003 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b8a003
  2. #b29d10
  3. #ad9a1c
  4. #a79629
  5. #a29335
  6. #9c9042
  7. #968d4e
  8. #918a5b
  9. #8b8667
  10. #868374
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aaa07f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b29c00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8a41a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c89388 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b49d00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b8a213 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c2986b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b8a003 {
  color: #b8a003;
}
Background
.bg-b8a003 {
  background-color: #b8a003;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b8a003 {
  border: 2px solid #b8a003;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b8a003;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 160 3;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 97% 37%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b8a003 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b8a003, #76b803);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b8a003 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 160 3 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.18 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.36 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.54 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.88 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 8.78 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.83 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 10.84 #475ffc Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Brass
#b8a003  rgb(184, 160, 3)  hsl(52, 97%, 37%)  Brass
#031bb8  rgb(3, 27, 184)  hsl(232, 97%, 37%)  Zaffre
#03b8a0  rgb(3, 184, 160)  hsl(172, 97%, 37%)  Persian Green
#a003b8  rgb(160, 3, 184)  hsl(292, 97%, 37%)  Dark Violet