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#B8A91C

#b8a91c ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#b8a91c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 66.27% green and 10.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.15% magenta, 84.78% yellow and 27.84% black. Its hue angle is 54.23°, with 73.58% saturation and 41.57% 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 8.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.98.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3865

Complementary

  1. #b8a91c
  2. #1c2bb8

Split complementary

  1. #b8a91c
  2. #1c79b8
  3. #5b1cb8

Analogous

  1. #b85b1c
  2. #b8a91c
  3. #79b81c

Triadic

  1. #b8a91c
  2. #1cb8a9
  3. #a91cb8

Tetradic

  1. #b8a91c
  2. #2bb81c
  3. #1c2bb8
  4. #a91cb8

Square

  1. #b8a91c
  2. #1cb85b
  3. #1c2bb8
  4. #b81c79

Monochromatic

  1. #332f08
  2. #766c12
  3. #b8a91c
  4. #e2d23f
  5. #ece281

Shades

#b8a91c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b8a91c
  2. #a69819
  3. #938716
  4. #817614
  5. #6e6511
  6. #5c550e
  7. #4a440b
  8. #373308
  9. #252206
  10. #121103
  11. #000000

Tints

#b8a91c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b8a91c
  2. #bfb233
  3. #c6ba49
  4. #cdc360
  5. #d4cb77
  6. #dcd48e
  7. #e3dda4
  8. #eae5bb
  9. #f1eed2
  10. #f8f6e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b8a91c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b8a91c
  2. #b2a526
  3. #ada130
  4. #a79d3a
  5. #a29944
  6. #9c954e
  7. #969058
  8. #918c62
  9. #8b886c
  10. #868476
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aea886 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #baa300 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #beaa29 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c79c90 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b9a600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bcaa25 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c1a173 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b8a91c {
  color: #b8a91c;
}
Background
.bg-b8a91c {
  background-color: #b8a91c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b8a91c {
  border: 2px solid #b8a91c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b8a91c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 169 28;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 74% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b8a91c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b8a91c, #79b81c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b8a91c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 169 28 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.98 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.13 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.20 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.01 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.18 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 10.20 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 10.72 #4756e3 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Brass
#b8a91c  rgb(184, 169, 28)  hsl(54, 74%, 42%)  Brass
#1c2bb8  rgb(28, 43, 184)  hsl(234, 74%, 42%)  Persian Blue
#1cb8a9  rgb(28, 184, 169)  hsl(174, 74%, 42%)  Light Sea Green
#a91cb8  rgb(169, 28, 184)  hsl(294, 74%, 42%)  Dark Orchid