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#B8A02F

#b8a02f ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#b8a02f 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 18.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.04% magenta, 74.46% yellow and 27.84% black. Its hue angle is 49.49°, with 59.31% saturation and 45.29% 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 8.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.33.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3554

Complementary

  1. #b8a02f
  2. #2f47b8

Split complementary

  1. #b8a02f
  2. #2f8bb8
  3. #5b2fb8

Analogous

  1. #b85b2f
  2. #b8a02f
  3. #8bb82f

Triadic

  1. #b8a02f
  2. #2fb8a0
  3. #a02fb8

Tetradic

  1. #b8a02f
  2. #47b82f
  3. #2f47b8
  4. #a02fb8

Square

  1. #b8a02f
  2. #2fb85b
  3. #2f47b8
  4. #b82f8b

Monochromatic

  1. #3e3610
  2. #7b6b1f
  3. #b8a02f
  4. #d6c15e
  5. #e5d89b

Shades

#b8a02f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b8a02f
  2. #a6902a
  3. #938026
  4. #817021
  5. #6e601c
  6. #5c5018
  7. #4a4013
  8. #37300e
  9. #252009
  10. #121005
  11. #000000

Tints

#b8a02f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b8a02f
  2. #bfaa44
  3. #c6b359
  4. #cdbd6d
  5. #d4c682
  6. #dcd097
  7. #e3d9ac
  8. #eae3c1
  9. #f1ecd5
  10. #f8f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b8a02f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b8a02f
  2. #b29d37
  3. #ad9a3f
  4. #a79647
  5. #a2934f
  6. #9c9058
  7. #968d60
  8. #918a68
  9. #8b8670
  10. #868378
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aba082 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b19c1b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7a436 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c7938a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b49e24 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b7a333 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c19971 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b8a02f {
  color: #b8a02f;
}
Background
.bg-b8a02f {
  background-color: #b8a02f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b8a02f {
  border: 2px solid #b8a02f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b8a02f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 160 47;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 59% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b8a02f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b8a02f, #8bb82f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b8a02f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 160 47 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.33 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.11 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.12 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.21 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 8.54 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.56 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.57 #475fd0 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Brass
#b8a02f  rgb(184, 160, 47)  hsl(49, 59%, 45%)  Brass
#2f47b8  rgb(47, 71, 184)  hsl(229, 59%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#2fb8a0  rgb(47, 184, 160)  hsl(169, 59%, 45%)  Persian Green
#a02fb8  rgb(160, 47, 184)  hsl(289, 59%, 45%)  Dark Orchid