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#BB9C19

#bb9c19 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bb9c19 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 61.18% green and 9.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.58% magenta, 86.63% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 48.52°, with 76.42% 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 7.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 5.87.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3441

Complementary

  1. #bb9c19
  2. #1938bb

Split complementary

  1. #bb9c19
  2. #1989bb
  3. #4b19bb

Analogous

  1. #bb4b19
  2. #bb9c19
  3. #89bb19

Triadic

  1. #bb9c19
  2. #19bb9c
  3. #9c19bb

Tetradic

  1. #bb9c19
  2. #38bb19
  3. #1938bb
  4. #9c19bb

Square

  1. #bb9c19
  2. #19bb4b
  3. #1938bb
  4. #bb1989

Monochromatic

  1. #342b07
  2. #786410
  3. #bb9c19
  4. #e5c43c
  5. #eed97f

Shades

#bb9c19 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb9c19
  2. #a88c17
  3. #967d14
  4. #836d12
  5. #705e0f
  6. #5e4e0d
  7. #4b3e0a
  8. #382f08
  9. #251f05
  10. #131003
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb9c19 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb9c19
  2. #c2a630
  3. #c9b047
  4. #cfba5e
  5. #d6c475
  6. #ddce8c
  7. #e4d7a3
  8. #ebe1ba
  9. #f1ebd1
  10. #f8f5e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb9c19 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb9c19
  2. #b59923
  3. #af962e
  4. #a99438
  5. #a39142
  6. #9e8e4d
  7. #988b57
  8. #928861
  9. #8c866b
  10. #868376
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ab9d7e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ae9900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6a224 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cb8e85 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b39a00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b8a020 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c5946a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb9c19 {
  color: #bb9c19;
}
Background
.bg-bb9c19 {
  background-color: #bb9c19;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb9c19 {
  border: 2px solid #bb9c19;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb9c19;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 156 25;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 76% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb9c19 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb9c19, #89bb19);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb9c19 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 156 25 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.87 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.05 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.06 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.12 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.25 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 8.47 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.23 #4463e6 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Brass
#bb9c19  rgb(187, 156, 25)  hsl(49, 76%, 42%)  Brass
#1938bb  rgb(25, 56, 187)  hsl(229, 76%, 42%)  Persian Blue
#19bb9c  rgb(25, 187, 156)  hsl(169, 76%, 42%)  Mint
#9c19bb  rgb(156, 25, 187)  hsl(289, 76%, 42%)  Dark Orchid