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#B8A42E

#b8a42e ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#b8a42e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 64.31% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.87% magenta, 75% yellow and 27.84% black. Its hue angle is 51.3°, with 60% saturation and 45.1% 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 8.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 2.55.

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Relative luminance0.3694

Complementary

  1. #b8a42e
  2. #2e42b8

Split complementary

  1. #b8a42e
  2. #2e87b8
  3. #5f2eb8

Analogous

  1. #b85f2e
  2. #b8a42e
  3. #87b82e

Triadic

  1. #b8a42e
  2. #2eb8a4
  3. #a42eb8

Tetradic

  1. #b8a42e
  2. #42b82e
  3. #2e42b8
  4. #a42eb8

Square

  1. #b8a42e
  2. #2eb85f
  3. #2e42b8
  4. #b82e87

Monochromatic

  1. #3e370f
  2. #7b6d1f
  3. #b8a42e
  4. #d6c55c
  5. #e6db99

Shades

#b8a42e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b8a42e
  2. #a69429
  3. #938325
  4. #817320
  5. #6e621c
  6. #5c5217
  7. #4a4212
  8. #37310e
  9. #252109
  10. #121005
  11. #000000

Tints

#b8a42e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b8a42e
  2. #bfad43
  3. #c6b658
  4. #cdbf6d
  5. #d4c882
  6. #dcd297
  7. #e3dbab
  8. #eae4c0
  9. #f1edd5
  10. #f8f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b8a42e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b8a42e
  2. #b2a036
  3. #ad9d3e
  4. #a79947
  5. #a2964f
  6. #9c9257
  7. #968e5f
  8. #918b67
  9. #8b8770
  10. #868478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aca484 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b4a018 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #baa736 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c7988d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b6a122 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b9a633 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c19d73 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b8a42e {
  color: #b8a42e;
}
Background
.bg-b8a42e {
  background-color: #b8a42e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b8a42e {
  border: 2px solid #b8a42e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b8a42e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 164 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 60% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b8a42e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b8a42e, #87b82e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b8a42e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 164 46 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.55 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.33 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.51 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.20 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.78 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 9.39 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.65 #475bd1 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Brass
#b8a42e  rgb(184, 164, 46)  hsl(51, 60%, 45%)  Brass
#2e42b8  rgb(46, 66, 184)  hsl(231, 60%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#2eb8a4  rgb(46, 184, 164)  hsl(171, 60%, 45%)  Light Sea Green
#a42eb8  rgb(164, 46, 184)  hsl(291, 60%, 45%)  Dark Orchid