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#B9B341

#b9b341 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#b9b341 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.55% red, 70.2% green and 25.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.24% magenta, 64.86% yellow and 27.45% black. Its hue angle is 57°, with 48% saturation and 49.02% 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 9.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.33.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4294

Complementary

  1. #b9b341
  2. #4147b9

Split complementary

  1. #b9b341
  2. #4183b9
  3. #7741b9

Analogous

  1. #b97741
  2. #b9b341
  3. #83b941

Triadic

  1. #b9b341
  2. #41b9b3
  3. #b341b9

Tetradic

  1. #b9b341
  2. #47b941
  3. #4147b9
  4. #b341b9

Square

  1. #b9b341
  2. #41b977
  3. #4147b9
  4. #b94183

Monochromatic

  1. #484519
  2. #807c2d
  3. #b9b341
  4. #cfcb77
  5. #e3e1b0

Shades

#b9b341 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b9b341
  2. #a7a13b
  3. #948f34
  4. #827d2e
  5. #6f6b27
  6. #5d5a21
  7. #4a481a
  8. #383614
  9. #25240d
  10. #131207
  11. #000000

Tints

#b9b341 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b9b341
  2. #c0bb54
  3. #c7c267
  4. #ceca7a
  5. #d5d18d
  6. #dcd9a0
  7. #e3e1b3
  8. #eae8c6
  9. #f1f0d9
  10. #f8f7ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b9b341 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b9b341
  2. #b3ae47
  3. #aea94e
  4. #a8a454
  5. #a29f5a
  6. #9d9a61
  7. #979467
  8. #918f6d
  9. #8b8a73
  10. #86857a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3b190 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2ad32 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c4b148 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c6a89b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #beaf39 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0b245 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c1ac81 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b9b341 {
  color: #b9b341;
}
Background
.bg-b9b341 {
  background-color: #b9b341;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b9b341 {
  border: 2px solid #b9b341;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b9b341;
  --color-primary-rgb: 185 179 65;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 48% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b9b341 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b9b341, #83b941);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b9b341 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(185 179 65 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.33 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.52 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.72 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.82 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.74 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 10.02 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.31 #464cbe Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Brass
#b9b341  rgb(185, 179, 65)  hsl(57, 48%, 49%)  Brass
#4147b9  rgb(65, 71, 185)  hsl(237, 48%, 49%)  Ocean Blue
#41b9b3  rgb(65, 185, 179)  hsl(177, 48%, 49%)  Verdigris
#b341b9  rgb(179, 65, 185)  hsl(297, 48%, 49%)  Purpureus