Brass Knuckle is soft, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, warm magenta or warm cyan
| Inverse Color | #4658f0 |
| Complementary Color | #0f20b9 |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (53.65° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 39.22% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Brass Knuckle Color. The Honeycomb color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Yellow Brown (#ae8b0c) for more energetic effect. Try Ryoku-Ou-Shoku Yellow as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#0f20b9 is the best complementary color to Brass Knuckle. Cool blue shades generally complement the warm yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #b9a70f complementary color is Torea Bay, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Sahara are #b9520f and #75b90f. Thus found on the left and right of #b9a70f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fiery Orange and Lima colors as they work well with Brass Knuckle.
The split-complementary Brass Knuckle palette consists of #510fb9 and #0f75b9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#0f20b9). Try Blue Gem and Denim colors in combination with #b9a70f, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #b9a70f offers a combination of cool magenta and warm cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Brass Knuckle. Thus Purple and Mountain Meadow giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Brass Knuckle contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Torea Bay, Malachite, and Red Violet split by 90° on the color wheel. #b9a70f square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and warm magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Brass Knuckle tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#0f20b9) and two others. The Mountain Meadow is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Shiraz – 120° from the complementary Torea Bay. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #0fb9a7 and #b90f21.
In a RGB color space, hex #b9a70f is made of 50% red, 46% green and 4% blue. In a HSL mode Brass Knuckle has a hue angle of 53.65°, a saturation of 85% and a lightness of 39.22%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b9a70f is made of 0% cyan, 7.06% magenta, 66.67% yellow and 27.45% black ink.
| HEX | #b9a70f |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(185,167,15) |
| RGB Percentage | 50%, 46%, 4% |
| CMYK | 0, 7.06, 66.67, 27.45 |
| HSL | hsl(53.65,85%,39.22%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(53.65,91.89%,72.55%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(68.0105,-7.4826,68.7524) |
| XYZ | xyz(33.9125,37.9862,5.9966) |