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#B7B341

#b7b341 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#b7b341 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 71.76% red, 70.2% green and 25.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.19% magenta, 64.48% yellow and 28.24% black. Its hue angle is 57.97°, with 47.58% saturation and 48.63% 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 9.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.58.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4269

Complementary

  1. #b7b341
  2. #4145b7

Split complementary

  1. #b7b341
  2. #4180b7
  3. #7841b7

Analogous

  1. #b77841
  2. #b7b341
  3. #80b741

Triadic

  1. #b7b341
  2. #41b7b3
  3. #b341b7

Tetradic

  1. #b7b341
  2. #45b741
  3. #4145b7
  4. #b341b7

Square

  1. #b7b341
  2. #41b778
  3. #4145b7
  4. #b74180

Monochromatic

  1. #464519
  2. #7f7c2d
  3. #b7b341
  4. #cecb76
  5. #e2e1af

Shades

#b7b341 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b7b341
  2. #a5a13b
  3. #928f34
  4. #807d2e
  5. #6e6b27
  6. #5c5a21
  7. #49481a
  8. #373614
  9. #25240d
  10. #121207
  11. #000000

Tints

#b7b341 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b7b341
  2. #bebb54
  3. #c5c267
  4. #cdca7a
  5. #d4d18d
  6. #dbd9a0
  7. #e2e1b3
  8. #e9e8c6
  9. #f1f0d9
  10. #f8f7ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b7b341 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b7b341
  2. #b2ae47
  3. #aca94e
  4. #a7a454
  5. #a19f5a
  6. #9c9a61
  7. #969467
  8. #918f6d
  9. #8b8a73
  10. #86857a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2b090 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1ac32 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c4b148 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c4a89b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bdaf39 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bfb245 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bfac81 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b7b341 {
  color: #b7b341;
}
Background
.bg-b7b341 {
  background-color: #b7b341;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b7b341 {
  border: 2px solid #b7b341;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b7b341;
  --color-primary-rgb: 183 179 65;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 48% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b7b341 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b7b341, #80b741);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b7b341 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(183 179 65 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.58 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.92 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.73 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.37 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.29 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 9.80 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 10.19 #484cbe Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Brass
#b7b341  rgb(183, 179, 65)  hsl(58, 48%, 49%)  Brass
#4145b7  rgb(65, 69, 183)  hsl(238, 48%, 49%)  Ocean Blue
#41b7b3  rgb(65, 183, 179)  hsl(178, 48%, 49%)  Verdigris
#b341b7  rgb(179, 65, 183)  hsl(298, 48%, 49%)  Purpureus