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#BB9F2B

#bb9f2b ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bb9f2b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 62.35% green and 16.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.97% magenta, 77.01% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 48.33°, with 62.61% saturation and 45.1% 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 8.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.43.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3554

Complementary

  1. #bb9f2b
  2. #2b47bb

Split complementary

  1. #bb9f2b
  2. #2b8fbb
  3. #572bbb

Analogous

  1. #bb572b
  2. #bb9f2b
  3. #8fbb2b

Triadic

  1. #bb9f2b
  2. #2bbb9f
  3. #9f2bbb

Tetradic

  1. #bb9f2b
  2. #47bb2b
  3. #2b47bb
  4. #9f2bbb

Square

  1. #bb9f2b
  2. #2bbb57
  3. #2b47bb
  4. #bb2b8f

Monochromatic

  1. #3f350e
  2. #7d6a1d
  3. #bb9f2b
  4. #d9c05a
  5. #e7d898

Shades

#bb9f2b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb9f2b
  2. #a88f27
  3. #967f22
  4. #836f1e
  5. #705f1a
  6. #5e5016
  7. #4b4011
  8. #38300d
  9. #252009
  10. #131004
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb9f2b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb9f2b
  2. #c2a940
  3. #c9b255
  4. #cfbc6b
  5. #d6c580
  6. #ddcf95
  7. #e4d9aa
  8. #ebe2bf
  9. #f1ecd5
  10. #f8f5ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb9f2b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb9f2b
  2. #b59c34
  3. #af993c
  4. #a99645
  5. #a3934d
  6. #9e9056
  7. #988c5e
  8. #928967
  9. #8c866f
  10. #868378
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aca082 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b09c14 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7a432 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ca9289 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b59d1f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b9a230 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c4976f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb9f2b {
  color: #bb9f2b;
}
Background
.bg-bb9f2b {
  background-color: #bb9f2b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb9f2b {
  border: 2px solid #bb9f2b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb9f2b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 159 43;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 63% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb9f2b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb9f2b, #8fbb2b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb9f2b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 159 43 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.43 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.58 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.19 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.78 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.48 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.95 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 9.37 #4460d4 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Brass
#bb9f2b  rgb(187, 159, 43)  hsl(48, 63%, 45%)  Brass
#2b47bb  rgb(43, 71, 187)  hsl(228, 63%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#2bbb9f  rgb(43, 187, 159)  hsl(168, 63%, 45%)  Mint
#9f2bbb  rgb(159, 43, 187)  hsl(288, 63%, 45%)  Dark Orchid