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#B5B341

#b5b341 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#b5b341 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.98% red, 70.2% green and 25.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.1% magenta, 64.09% yellow and 29.02% black. Its hue angle is 58.97°, with 47.15% saturation and 48.24% 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 9.49:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.88.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4245

Complementary

  1. #b5b341
  2. #4143b5

Split complementary

  1. #b5b341
  2. #417db5
  3. #7941b5

Analogous

  1. #b57941
  2. #b5b341
  3. #7db541

Triadic

  1. #b5b341
  2. #41b5b3
  3. #b341b5

Tetradic

  1. #b5b341
  2. #43b541
  3. #4143b5
  4. #b341b5

Square

  1. #b5b341
  2. #41b579
  3. #4143b5
  4. #b5417d

Monochromatic

  1. #444419
  2. #7d7b2d
  3. #b5b341
  4. #cdcc75
  5. #e2e1ad

Shades

#b5b341 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b5b341
  2. #a3a13b
  3. #918f34
  4. #7f7d2e
  5. #6d6b27
  6. #5b5a21
  7. #48481a
  8. #363614
  9. #24240d
  10. #121207
  11. #000000

Tints

#b5b341 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b5b341
  2. #bcbb54
  3. #c4c267
  4. #cbca7a
  5. #d3d18d
  6. #dad9a0
  7. #e1e1b3
  8. #e9e8c6
  9. #f0f0d9
  10. #f8f7ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b5b341 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b5b341
  2. #b0ae47
  3. #aaa94e
  4. #a5a454
  5. #a09f5a
  6. #9b9a61
  7. #959467
  8. #908f6d
  9. #8b8a73
  10. #85857a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1b08f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1ac32 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c3b048 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c1a89b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bcaf39 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #beb145 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bdac81 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b5b341 {
  color: #b5b341;
}
Background
.bg-b5b341 {
  background-color: #b5b341;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b5b341 {
  border: 2px solid #b5b341;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b5b341;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 179 65;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 47% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b5b341 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b5b341, #7db541);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b5b341 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 179 65 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.88 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.35 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.78 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.92 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 9.30 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.84 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 10.39 #4a4cbe Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Brass
#b5b341  rgb(181, 179, 65)  hsl(59, 47%, 48%)  Brass
#4143b5  rgb(65, 67, 181)  hsl(239, 47%, 48%)  Ocean Blue
#41b5b3  rgb(65, 181, 179)  hsl(179, 47%, 48%)  Verdigris
#b341b5  rgb(179, 65, 181)  hsl(299, 47%, 48%)  Purpureus