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#BE9D47

#be9d47 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#be9d47 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.51% red, 61.57% green and 27.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.37% magenta, 62.63% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 43.36°, with 47.79% saturation and 51.18% 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 8.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 6.26.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3552

Complementary

  1. #be9d47
  2. #4768be

Split complementary

  1. #be9d47
  2. #47a4be
  3. #6247be

Analogous

  1. #be6247
  2. #be9d47
  3. #a4be47

Triadic

  1. #be9d47
  2. #47be9d
  3. #9d47be

Tetradic

  1. #be9d47
  2. #68be47
  3. #4768be
  4. #9d47be

Square

  1. #be9d47
  2. #47be62
  3. #4768be
  4. #be47a4

Monochromatic

  1. #50421c
  2. #887030
  3. #be9d47
  4. #d2bb80
  5. #e6d9b8

Shades

#be9d47 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #be9d47
  2. #ab8d40
  3. #987e39
  4. #856e32
  5. #725e2b
  6. #5f4f24
  7. #4c3f1c
  8. #392f15
  9. #261f0e
  10. #131007
  11. #000000

Tints

#be9d47 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #be9d47
  2. #c5a759
  3. #cbb16c
  4. #d2ba7e
  5. #d8c491
  6. #dfcea3
  7. #e5d8b5
  8. #ece2c8
  9. #f2ebda
  10. #f9f5ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#be9d47 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #be9d47
  2. #b89a4d
  3. #b29752
  4. #ab9458
  5. #a5915e
  6. #9f8f64
  7. #998c69
  8. #93896f
  9. #8c8675
  10. #86837a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ad9f86 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ad9c3e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6a54b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cd918a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b49c42 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b9a249 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c79675 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-be9d47 {
  color: #be9d47;
}
Background
.bg-be9d47 {
  background-color: #be9d47;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-be9d47 {
  border: 2px solid #be9d47;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #be9d47;
  --color-primary-rgb: 190 157 71;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 48% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-be9d47 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #be9d47, #a4be47);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-be9d47 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(190 157 71 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.26 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.70 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.27 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.35 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.22 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 8.28 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 8.94 #4162b8 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Brass
#be9d47  rgb(190, 157, 71)  hsl(43, 48%, 51%)  Brass
#4768be  rgb(71, 104, 190)  hsl(223, 48%, 51%)  Royal Blue
#47be9d  rgb(71, 190, 157)  hsl(163, 48%, 51%)  Mint
#9d47be  rgb(157, 71, 190)  hsl(283, 48%, 51%)  Purpureus