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#BA993B

#ba993b ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ba993b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 60% green and 23.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.74% magenta, 68.28% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 44.41°, with 51.84% saturation and 48.04% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 6.32.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3354

Complementary

  1. #ba993b
  2. #3b5cba

Split complementary

  1. #ba993b
  2. #3b9cba
  3. #5a3bba

Analogous

  1. #ba5a3b
  2. #ba993b
  3. #9cba3b

Triadic

  1. #ba993b
  2. #3bba99
  3. #993bba

Tetradic

  1. #ba993b
  2. #5cba3b
  3. #3b5cba
  4. #993bba

Square

  1. #ba993b
  2. #3bba5a
  3. #3b5cba
  4. #ba3b9c

Monochromatic

  1. #463916
  2. #806929
  3. #ba993b
  4. #d2b870
  5. #e4d5aa

Shades

#ba993b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ba993b
  2. #a78a35
  3. #957a2f
  4. #826b29
  5. #705c23
  6. #5d4d1e
  7. #4a3d18
  8. #382e12
  9. #251f0c
  10. #130f06
  11. #000000

Tints

#ba993b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ba993b
  2. #c1a34f
  3. #c8ad62
  4. #cfb876
  5. #d6c289
  6. #ddcc9d
  7. #e3d6b1
  8. #eae0c4
  9. #f1ebd8
  10. #f8f5eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ba993b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ba993b
  2. #b49742
  3. #ae9449
  4. #a99250
  5. #a38f57
  6. #9d8d5e
  7. #978a64
  8. #91886b
  9. #8c8572
  10. #868379
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a99b81 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aa972f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2a03f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c98d85 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b19834 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b59e3e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c3926f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ba993b {
  color: #ba993b;
}
Background
.bg-ba993b {
  background-color: #ba993b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ba993b {
  border: 2px solid #ba993b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ba993b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 153 59;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 52% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ba993b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ba993b, #9cba3b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ba993b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 153 59 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.32 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 7.15 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.17 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.52 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.17 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.66 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 10.01 #4566c4 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Brass
#ba993b  rgb(186, 153, 59)  hsl(44, 52%, 48%)  Brass
#3b5cba  rgb(59, 92, 186)  hsl(224, 52%, 48%)  Sapphire
#3bba99  rgb(59, 186, 153)  hsl(164, 52%, 48%)  Mint
#993bba  rgb(153, 59, 186)  hsl(284, 52%, 48%)  Dark Orchid