Nearest-color comparison

Brass vs Brushed Brass

Brass and Brushed Brass are different yellow colors with HEX values #B5A642 and #B5A642. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 0, their contrast ratio is 1:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Brass and Brushed Brass are very close colors. They have nearly identical luminance. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Brass#B5A642

Brushed Brass#B5A642

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Brass and Brushed Brass across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance0

Pair contrast1:1

Luminance delta0

Hue delta0 deg

Lighter colorBrass

More saturatedBrass

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

yellow color

Brass

Brass is #B5A642, a warm yellow color with earth tone character. Compared with Brushed Brass, it is similar in luminance and similar in saturation. Use it for metallic palettes, product finishes, and premium packaging, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#B5A642 RGB181, 166, 66 HSL52, 47, 48 CMYK0, 8, 64, 29 Luminance0.3749 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

yellow color

Brushed Brass

Brushed Brass is #B5A642, a warm yellow color with earth tone character. Compared with Brass, it is similar in luminance and similar in saturation. Use it for metallic palettes, product finishes, and premium packaging, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#B5A642 RGB181, 166, 66 HSL52, 47, 48 CMYK0, 8, 64, 29 Luminance0.3749 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Brass or Brushed Brass

Choose BrassBrass is better when the design needs earth tone yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #B5A642.

Choose Brushed BrassBrushed Brass is better when the design needs earth tone yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #B5A642.

Use togetherUse these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs.

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyBrassBrushed Brass

HEX#B5A642#B5A642

RGB181, 166, 66181, 166, 66

HSL52, 47, 4852, 47, 48

CMYK0, 8, 64, 290, 8, 64, 29

FamilyYellowYellow

TemperatureWarmWarm

ToneEarth ToneEarth Tone

Luminance0.37490.3749

Black contrast8.5:18.5:1

White contrast2.47:12.47:1

Shared tonesEarth Tone

Accessibility and Contrast

Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.

Brassblack text - 8.5:1

Brushed Brassblack text - 8.5:1

Related Palette Strip

A compact visual strip showing the two compared colors with nearby harmony and variant context.

Brushed Brass#B5A642

#D1C680#D1C680

#4150B4#4150B4

colorsBoth named color records with HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, luminance, WCAG, and links

differencesRGB distance, HSL deltas, luminance delta, contrast, and shared attributes

accessibilityPair contrast and safer text choices for each color

useCasesWhen to choose each color and when to use them together

relatedApiMachine-readable comparison and color endpoints

Structured sections

Colors

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      "label": "black text",
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    },
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    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/brass/",
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  },
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      166,
      66
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      "label": "black text",
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    },
    "description": "Brushed Brass is #B5A642, a warm yellow color with earth tone character. Compared with Brass, it is similar in luminance and similar in saturation. Use it for metallic palettes, product finishes, and premium packaging, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/brushed-brass/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/brushed-brass.json"
  }
]

Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 0,
  "contrastRatio": 1,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 0,
    "saturation": 0,
    "lightness": 0
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "earth-tone"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Brass",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Brass"
}

Accessibility

{
  "pairContrastRatio": 1,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Brass",
      "background": "#B5A642",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 8.5
    },
    {
      "color": "Brushed Brass",
      "background": "#B5A642",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 8.5
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Brushed Brass is better when the design needs earth tone yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #B5A642.",
  "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
}

Related API

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Full JSON dataset

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