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#B8B00A

#b8b00a ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#b8b00a is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 69.02% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.35% magenta, 94.57% yellow and 27.84% black. Its hue angle is 57.24°, with 89.69% saturation and 38.04% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 5.87.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4126

Complementary

  1. #b8b00a
  2. #0a12b8

Split complementary

  1. #b8b00a
  2. #0a69b8
  3. #590ab8

Analogous

  1. #b8590a
  2. #b8b00a
  3. #69b80a

Triadic

  1. #b8b00a
  2. #0ab8b0
  3. #b00ab8

Tetradic

  1. #b8b00a
  2. #12b80a
  3. #0a12b8
  4. #b00ab8

Square

  1. #b8b00a
  2. #0ab859
  3. #0a12b8
  4. #b80a69

Monochromatic

  1. #272502
  2. #6f6b06
  3. #b8b00a
  4. #f3e91c
  5. #f7f064

Shades

#b8b00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b8b00a
  2. #a69e09
  3. #938d08
  4. #817b07
  5. #6e6a06
  6. #5c5805
  7. #4a4604
  8. #373503
  9. #252302
  10. #121201
  11. #000000

Tints

#b8b00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b8b00a
  2. #bfb823
  3. #c6c03b
  4. #cdc854
  5. #d4d06c
  6. #dcd885
  7. #e3df9d
  8. #eae7b6
  9. #f1efce
  10. #f8f7e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b8b00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b8b00a
  2. #b2ab16
  3. #ada622
  4. #a7a22d
  5. #a29d39
  6. #9c9845
  7. #969351
  8. #918e5d
  9. #8b8a68
  10. #868574
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1ae89 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0a900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c4af22 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c7a396 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bdac00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bfaf1b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c1a877 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b8b00a {
  color: #b8b00a;
}
Background
.bg-b8b00a {
  background-color: #b8b00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b8b00a {
  border: 2px solid #b8b00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b8b00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 176 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 90% 38%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b8b00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b8b00a, #69b80a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b8b00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 176 10 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.87 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.89 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.16 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.56 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.46 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 9.49 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.77 #474ff5 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Brass
#b8b00a  rgb(184, 176, 10)  hsl(57, 90%, 38%)  Brass
#0a12b8  rgb(10, 18, 184)  hsl(237, 90%, 38%)  Zaffre
#0ab8b0  rgb(10, 184, 176)  hsl(177, 90%, 38%)  Tiffany Blue
#b00ab8  rgb(176, 10, 184)  hsl(297, 90%, 38%)  Dark Orchid