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#B8A024

#b8a024 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#b8a024 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 62.75% green and 14.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.04% magenta, 80.43% yellow and 27.84% black. Its hue angle is 50.27°, with 67.27% saturation and 43.14% 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 8.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.9.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3546

Complementary

  1. #b8a024
  2. #243cb8

Split complementary

  1. #b8a024
  2. #2486b8
  3. #5624b8

Analogous

  1. #b85624
  2. #b8a024
  3. #86b824

Triadic

  1. #b8a024
  2. #24b8a0
  3. #a024b8

Tetradic

  1. #b8a024
  2. #3cb824
  3. #243cb8
  4. #a024b8

Square

  1. #b8a024
  2. #24b856
  3. #243cb8
  4. #b82486

Monochromatic

  1. #38310b
  2. #786817
  3. #b8a024
  4. #dcc54c
  5. #e9da8c

Shades

#b8a024 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b8a024
  2. #a69020
  3. #93801d
  4. #817019
  5. #6e6016
  6. #5c5012
  7. #4a400e
  8. #37300b
  9. #252007
  10. #121004
  11. #000000

Tints

#b8a024 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b8a024
  2. #bfaa3a
  3. #c6b350
  4. #cdbd66
  5. #d4c67c
  6. #dcd092
  7. #e3d9a7
  8. #eae3bd
  9. #f1ecd3
  10. #f8f6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b8a024 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b8a024
  2. #b29d2d
  3. #ad9a36
  4. #a79640
  5. #a29349
  6. #9c9052
  7. #968d5b
  8. #918a64
  9. #8b866e
  10. #868377
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aaa081 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b19c00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7a42d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c79389 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b49e14 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b8a22a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c1986f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b8a024 {
  color: #b8a024;
}
Background
.bg-b8a024 {
  background-color: #b8a024;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b8a024 {
  border: 2px solid #b8a024;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b8a024;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 160 36;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 67% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b8a024 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b8a024, #86b824);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b8a024 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 160 36 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.90 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.07 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.15 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.76 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 8.55 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.59 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.20 #475fdb Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Brass
#b8a024  rgb(184, 160, 36)  hsl(50, 67%, 43%)  Brass
#243cb8  rgb(36, 60, 184)  hsl(230, 67%, 43%)  Persian Blue
#24b8a0  rgb(36, 184, 160)  hsl(170, 67%, 43%)  Persian Green
#a024b8  rgb(160, 36, 184)  hsl(290, 67%, 43%)  Dark Orchid