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#B8B341

#b8b341 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#b8b341 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 70.2% green and 25.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.72% magenta, 64.67% yellow and 27.84% black. Its hue angle is 57.48°, with 47.79% saturation and 48.82% 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 9.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.45.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4281

Complementary

  1. #b8b341
  2. #4146b8

Split complementary

  1. #b8b341
  2. #4181b8
  3. #7741b8

Analogous

  1. #b87741
  2. #b8b341
  3. #81b841

Triadic

  1. #b8b341
  2. #41b8b3
  3. #b341b8

Tetradic

  1. #b8b341
  2. #46b841
  3. #4146b8
  4. #b341b8

Square

  1. #b8b341
  2. #41b877
  3. #4146b8
  4. #b84181

Monochromatic

  1. #474519
  2. #7f7c2d
  3. #b8b341
  4. #cfcb77
  5. #e3e1af

Shades

#b8b341 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b8b341
  2. #a6a13b
  3. #938f34
  4. #817d2e
  5. #6e6b27
  6. #5c5a21
  7. #4a481a
  8. #373614
  9. #25240d
  10. #121207
  11. #000000

Tints

#b8b341 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b8b341
  2. #bfbb54
  3. #c6c267
  4. #cdca7a
  5. #d4d18d
  6. #dcd9a0
  7. #e3e1b3
  8. #eae8c6
  9. #f1f0d9
  10. #f8f7ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b8b341 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b8b341
  2. #b2ae47
  3. #ada94e
  4. #a7a454
  5. #a29f5a
  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 9.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3b190 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2ac32 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c4b148 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c5a89b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #beaf39 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bfb245 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c0ac81 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b8b341 {
  color: #b8b341;
}
Background
.bg-b8b341 {
  background-color: #b8b341;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b8b341 {
  border: 2px solid #b8b341;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b8b341;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 179 65;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 48% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b8b341 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b8b341, #81b841);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b8b341 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 179 65 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.45 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.72 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.72 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.10 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.01 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.05 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 10.10 #474cbe Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Brass
#b8b341  rgb(184, 179, 65)  hsl(57, 48%, 49%)  Brass
#4146b8  rgb(65, 70, 184)  hsl(237, 48%, 49%)  Ocean Blue
#41b8b3  rgb(65, 184, 179)  hsl(177, 48%, 49%)  Verdigris
#b341b8  rgb(179, 65, 184)  hsl(297, 48%, 49%)  Purpureus