Brass - 09/06/2016
Brass is the Color of the Day for 09/06/2016. Brass has a hex value of #B5A642. On the RGB scale it has values of Red: 181, Green: 166, and Blue: 66
Color Spaces of Brass
| Hex | B5A642 | #B5A642 |
| RGB | 181 166 66 | rgb(181 166 66) |
| RGB % | 71 65 26 | rgb(71 65 26) |
| CIELAB | 67.98, -3.25, 52.02 | |
| CMY | 29, 35, 74 | |
| CMYK | 0, 8, 64, 29 | |
| HSL | 52, 47, 48 | hsl(52 47% 48%) |
| HSV | 52, 64, 71 | hsv(52 64% 71%) |
| HSI | 53, 52, 138 | |
| HWB | 52, 26, 29 | hwb(52 26% 29%) |
| LCH | 67.98, 52.12, 93.58 | |
| XYZ | 35.61, 37.95, 8.24 | |
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All About Brass
The color Brass is a rich, metallic hue that is a blend of yellow and brown, reminiscent of the color of the metal alloy of the same name. It's a warm and luxurious color that can range from a bright, golden hue to a more muted, bronze tone. Brass is a popular choice in fashion, interior design, and art for its ability to add glamour and sophistication to any setting.
Brass in Fashion
In fashion, Brass is often used in jewelry and accessories like earrings, necklaces, and bracelets, as well as in clothing items like jackets, skirts, and shoes. It's a versatile color that works well with other metallic tones like silver and copper, as well as with more bold colors like black and red. Brass-colored accessories and clothing are a great choice for creating a sophisticated and stylish look that's both classic and on-trend.
Brass in Interior Design
In interior design, Brass is a popular choice for creating a luxurious and elegant atmosphere. It pairs well with other warm tones like cream, beige, and brown, and can be used as a primary or accent color for furniture, fixtures, and accessories. Brass-colored lamps, picture frames, and candlesticks can add a touch of opulence and glamour to any room, while also complementing a wide range of styles, from traditional to modern.
Brass in Art
In art, Brass can be used as a material for creating textured sculptures and mixed media pieces, as well as in painting and printmaking. It's a metallic and reflective color that can add dimension and visual interest to a piece, while also conveying a sense of glamour and luxury. Brass is often used in abstract and contemporary art to add contrast and shine to the overall composition, as well as in traditional art forms like sculpture and decorative arts.
Closest Common Color
Brass is closest to the common color yellow. When looking at the RYB scale yellow is a primary color, but on the RGB scale it is a mixture of equal parts red and green. Yellow is a bright color, which makes sense as it is associated with sunshine, happiness, and positivity. Since yellow is a highly visible color we use it for things like taxis and school buses. Yellow was one of the first colors used in cave paintings. Bananas, flowers, lemons, egg yolk, and taxis are things that are yellow.
Shades of Brass
A shade is a concept of darkening a color. Below you will find the shades of colors from Brass all the way to Black evenly distributed.
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Tints of Brass
A tint is a concept of lightening a color. Below you will find the tints of colors from Brass all the way to White evenly distributed.
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Tones of Brass
A tone is a concept of adding gray to a color. Below you will find the tones of colors from Brass all the way to Gray evenly distributed.
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Monochromatic Colors of Brass
A monochromatic color scheme is based on a single color and contains both shades and tints of that color. Below you will find a monochromatic color scheme based off of Brass.
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Complementary Color of Brass
Complementary colors are two colors that are the complete opposite of each other on the color wheel. Complementary colors are used by many including graphic designers, painters, and other artists. Knowing the complementary color for a given color is useful because using them together creates a visual contrast which can really make a design pop! Below you will find the complementary color of Brass.
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Split Complementary Colors of Brass
A Split Complementary color scheme is based on a single color and then finds the complementary color of the main color and uses that as a reference to find two colors to the left and right of that complementary color on the color wheel. A total of three colors make up a split complementary color scheme. A common example of a split complementary color scheme in an RGB Model is red, green-cyan, and blue-cyan. Below you will find a split complementary color scheme based off of Brass.
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Triadic Colors of Brass
A triadic color scheme is made up of three colors that are evenly spaced on the color wheel. In a traditional sense you start with one color to as the baseline and the two other colors serve as accent colors. On the color wheel this can be envisioned as a triangle. Below you will find a triadic color scheme based off of Brass.
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Tetradic Colors of Brass
A tetradic color scheme is made up of four colors that form a rectangle on the color wheel. This color harmony is also known as a double complementary color scheme becuase it is made up of two complementary color pairs. Below you will find a tetradic color scheme based off of Brass.
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Analogous Colors of Brass
An analogous color scheme is made up of three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. In a traditional sense you start with a single color as the baseline, a second color, and an accent color or a mixture of the first two colors as the third color. Below you will find an analogous color scheme based off of Brass.
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Variations of Brass
A variation of a color is the idea of swapping the values of Red, Blue, and Green with one another to create a new color. The color Brass has RGB values of R:181, G:166, and B:66. Using this information, we can create the following 5 variations using RBG, GRB, GBR, BRG, and GBR. Out of the 5 possible variations of Brass, 5 of them will be unique without counting our orignal color of Brass.
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Web Safe Color of Brass
A web safe color is a color that will not be dithered when shown on a web browser that only has 256-color support. Although this is not much of an issue in modern browsers today it is important to understand the history. A web safe color will always appear as intended across any device/browser. There are 216 colors that are considered web safe. Below you will find the closest web safe color to Brass.
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CSS Code for Brass
Text Color
This paragraph tag has text in the color #B5A642
Text Shadow Color
This text has a shadow in the color #B5A642
Border Color
This div tag has a border color of #B5A642
Background Color
This div tag has a background color of #B5A642
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Brass Accessibility
When it comes to accessibility it is important to consider the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 issued by W3C. The WCAG provides a set of standards to determine if two colors have an appropriate contrast ratio in order to be readable on a web. This is achieved by measuring luminance, also known as brightness, between the color of your text and the background color. The WCAG has several levels of conformance: (A - Lowest, AA - Mid Range, AAA - Highest). If you meet the requirements of a higher range of conformance then you automatically meet the lower levels. For Example, if you meet AAA then by default you also meet AA and A. The contrast ratios that need to be met also consider the size of the font. Below are the contrast ratios needed to be compliant.
- Level AA (large text/18-point font): 3:1
- Level AA: 4.5:1
- Level AAA (large text/18-point font): 4.5:1
- Level AAA: 7:1
In the following sections we take a look at conformance levels AA and AAA for both large sized text and normal sized text. We took care of all the calculations so you will be able to see right away whether or not a text color of Brass is readable according to the WCAG against both Black and White backgrounds.
Brass Contrast on Black Background
The color Brass has passed 4 out of 4 WCAG tests against a Black background. This means there is a 100% accessibility rating and therefore makes Brass a perfect choice against a Black background.
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Brass Contrast on White Background
The color Brass has passed 0 out of 4 WCAG tests against a White background. This means there is a 0% accessibility rating and therefore makes Brass a poor choice against a White background.
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