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#B8A71D

#b8a71d ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#b8a71d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 65.49% green and 11.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.24% magenta, 84.24% yellow and 27.84% black. Its hue angle is 53.42°, with 72.77% saturation and 41.76% 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 8.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.75.

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Relative luminance0.3792

Complementary

  1. #b8a71d
  2. #1d2eb8

Split complementary

  1. #b8a71d
  2. #1d7bb8
  3. #591db8

Analogous

  1. #b8591d
  2. #b8a71d
  3. #7bb81d

Triadic

  1. #b8a71d
  2. #1db8a7
  3. #a71db8

Tetradic

  1. #b8a71d
  2. #2eb81d
  3. #1d2eb8
  4. #a71db8

Square

  1. #b8a71d
  2. #1db859
  3. #1d2eb8
  4. #b81d7b

Monochromatic

  1. #342f08
  2. #766b13
  3. #b8a71d
  4. #e1cf41
  5. #ebe083

Shades

#b8a71d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b8a71d
  2. #a6961a
  3. #938617
  4. #817514
  5. #6e6411
  6. #5c540f
  7. #4a430c
  8. #373209
  9. #252106
  10. #121103
  11. #000000

Tints

#b8a71d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b8a71d
  2. #bfb034
  3. #c6b94a
  4. #cdc161
  5. #d4ca77
  6. #dcd38e
  7. #e3dca5
  8. #eae5bb
  9. #f1edd2
  10. #f8f6e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b8a71d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b8a71d
  2. #b2a327
  3. #ad9f31
  4. #a79b3b
  5. #a29745
  6. #9c944f
  7. #969058
  8. #918c62
  9. #8b886c
  10. #868476
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ada684 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8a200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bca92a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c79a8f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b8a401 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bba825 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c19f72 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b8a71d {
  color: #b8a71d;
}
Background
.bg-b8a71d {
  background-color: #b8a71d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b8a71d {
  border: 2px solid #b8a71d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b8a71d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 167 29;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 73% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b8a71d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b8a71d, #7bb81d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b8a71d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 167 29 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.75 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.17 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.22 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.70 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.36 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.98 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 10.20 #4758e2 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Brass
#b8a71d  rgb(184, 167, 29)  hsl(53, 73%, 42%)  Brass
#1d2eb8  rgb(29, 46, 184)  hsl(233, 73%, 42%)  Persian Blue
#1db8a7  rgb(29, 184, 167)  hsl(173, 73%, 42%)  Light Sea Green
#a71db8  rgb(167, 29, 184)  hsl(293, 73%, 42%)  Dark Orchid