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#B8A44F

#b8a44f ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#b8a44f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 64.31% green and 30.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.87% magenta, 57.07% yellow and 27.84% black. Its hue angle is 48.57°, with 42.51% saturation and 51.57% 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 8.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 2.67.

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Relative luminance0.3731

Complementary

  1. #b8a44f
  2. #4f63b8

Split complementary

  1. #b8a44f
  2. #4f98b8
  3. #704fb8

Analogous

  1. #b8704f
  2. #b8a44f
  3. #98b84f

Triadic

  1. #b8a44f
  2. #4fb8a4
  3. #a44fb8

Tetradic

  1. #b8a44f
  2. #63b84f
  3. #4f63b8
  4. #a44fb8

Square

  1. #b8a44f
  2. #4fb870
  3. #4f63b8
  4. #b84f98

Monochromatic

  1. #4e4520
  2. #857636
  3. #b8a44f
  4. #cec086
  5. #e4dcbc

Shades

#b8a44f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b8a44f
  2. #a69447
  3. #93833f
  4. #817337
  5. #6e622f
  6. #5c5228
  7. #4a4220
  8. #373118
  9. #252110
  10. #121008
  11. #000000

Tints

#b8a44f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b8a44f
  2. #bfad61
  3. #c6b672
  4. #cdbf84
  5. #d4c895
  6. #dcd2a7
  7. #e3dbb9
  8. #eae4ca
  9. #f1eddc
  10. #f8f6ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b8a44f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b8a44f
  2. #b2a054
  3. #ad9d59
  4. #a7995e
  5. #a29663
  6. #9c9268
  7. #968e6c
  8. #918b71
  9. #8b8776
  10. #86847b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ada48a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b2a147 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8a753 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c59991 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b5a24a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b8a651 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c09e7c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b8a44f {
  color: #b8a44f;
}
Background
.bg-b8a44f {
  background-color: #b8a44f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b8a44f {
  border: 2px solid #b8a44f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b8a44f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 164 79;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 43% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b8a44f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b8a44f, #98b84f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b8a44f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 164 79 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.67 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.25 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 6.58 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.85 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.23 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 8.05 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 10.07 #475bb0 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Brass
#b8a44f  rgb(184, 164, 79)  hsl(49, 43%, 52%)  Brass
#4f63b8  rgb(79, 99, 184)  hsl(229, 43%, 52%)  Royal Blue
#4fb8a4  rgb(79, 184, 164)  hsl(169, 43%, 52%)  Light Sea Green
#a44fb8  rgb(164, 79, 184)  hsl(289, 43%, 52%)  Purpureus