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#B8A930

#b8a930 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#b8a930 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 18.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.15% magenta, 73.91% yellow and 27.84% black. Its hue angle is 53.38°, with 58.62% saturation and 45.49% 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 8.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 2.49.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3878

Complementary

  1. #b8a930
  2. #303fb8

Split complementary

  1. #b8a930
  2. #3083b8
  3. #6530b8

Analogous

  1. #b86530
  2. #b8a930
  3. #83b830

Triadic

  1. #b8a930
  2. #30b8a9
  3. #a930b8

Tetradic

  1. #b8a930
  2. #3fb830
  3. #303fb8
  4. #a930b8

Square

  1. #b8a930
  2. #30b865
  3. #303fb8
  4. #b83083

Monochromatic

  1. #3f3a10
  2. #7b7120
  3. #b8a930
  4. #d5c85f
  5. #e5dd9c

Shades

#b8a930 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b8a930
  2. #a6982b
  3. #938726
  4. #817622
  5. #6e651d
  6. #5c5518
  7. #4a4413
  8. #37330e
  9. #25220a
  10. #121105
  11. #000000

Tints

#b8a930 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b8a930
  2. #bfb245
  3. #c6ba59
  4. #cdc36e
  5. #d4cb83
  6. #dcd498
  7. #e3ddac
  8. #eae5c1
  9. #f1eed6
  10. #f8f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b8a930 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b8a930
  2. #b2a538
  3. #ada140
  4. #a79d48
  5. #a29950
  6. #9c9558
  7. #969060
  8. #918c68
  9. #8b8870
  10. #868478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aea888 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b9a41a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bdaa38 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c69d92 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b9a624 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bbaa35 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c1a277 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b8a930 {
  color: #b8a930;
}
Background
.bg-b8a930 {
  background-color: #b8a930;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b8a930 {
  border: 2px solid #b8a930;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b8a930;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 169 48;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 59% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b8a930 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b8a930, #83b830);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b8a930 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 169 48 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.49 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.92 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.94 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.80 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.85 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 10.07 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 10.64 #4756cf Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Brass
#b8a930  rgb(184, 169, 48)  hsl(53, 59%, 45%)  Brass
#303fb8  rgb(48, 63, 184)  hsl(233, 59%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#30b8a9  rgb(48, 184, 169)  hsl(173, 59%, 45%)  Light Sea Green
#a930b8  rgb(169, 48, 184)  hsl(293, 59%, 45%)  Dark Orchid