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Brass Palette

Brass Palette: #B5A642, #4150B4, #B46B41, #8AB441. Check roles, contrast and CSS variables; open source-color links and JSON.

Brass Palette assigns primary #B5A642, secondary #4150B4, surface #B46B41, background #8AB441, accent #000000. The set spans Yellow, Blue, Orange, and Green families with warm, cool, and neutral temperatures. Luminance runs from #000000 at 0 to #8AB441 at 0.3843; black gives higher contrast on 3 of 5 values.

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Palette Color Roles

Brass Palette maps 5 colors to practical UI roles for interfaces, brand systems, and CSS tokens.

Primary#B5A642Brushed Brass
Secondary#4150B4#4150B4
Surface#B46B41#B46B41
Background#8AB441#8AB441
Accent#000000Black

CSS Variables

--palette-brass-primary: #B5A642;
--palette-brass-secondary: #4150B4;
--palette-brass-surface: #B46B41;
--palette-brass-background: #8AB441;
--palette-brass-accent: #000000;

Accessibility Snapshot

Compare all 5 Brass Palette values against black and white text, with the stronger standard foreground identified for each role.

Primary#B5A642
Black 8.5:1 · White 2.47:1
Best #000000
Secondary#4150B4
Black 3.03:1 · White 6.93:1
Best #FFFFFF
Surface#B46B41
Black 5.12:1 · White 4.1:1
Best #000000
Background#8AB441
Black 8.69:1 · White 2.42:1
Best #000000
Accent#000000
Black 1:1 · White 21:1
Best #FFFFFF

UI Components Preview

Preview how the Brass Palette roles behave together across common interface components before copying the CSS variables.

ButtonPrimary action with checked foreground contrast.
CardSurface treatment using palette roles.
AlertBackground, text, and accent roles together.
NavbarSecondary role with accent state.

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Brass Palette Data (JSON)

Structured palette data for Brass Palette, including color roles, accessibility, semantic groups, use cases, CSS variables, and API links.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.3749
Black text8.5:1AA Pass
White text2.47:1AA Fail
colorsPalette colors with roles and color systems
rolesPrimary, secondary, surface, background, and accent mapping
accessibilityContrast and WCAG text options by palette color
semanticGroupsAI-readable palette labels
useCasesDesign and implementation contexts
cssVariablesCopy-ready CSS custom properties
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Roles
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#B5A642",
    "name": "Brushed Brass"
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#4150B4",
    "name": "#4150B4"
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#B46B41",
    "name": "#B46B41"
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#8AB441",
    "name": "#8AB441"
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black"
  }
]
Accessibility
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#B5A642",
    "name": "Brushed Brass",
    "blackContrast": 8.5,
    "whiteContrast": 2.47,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#4150B4",
    "name": "#4150B4",
    "blackContrast": 3.03,
    "whiteContrast": 6.93,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#B46B41",
    "name": "#B46B41",
    "blackContrast": 5.12,
    "whiteContrast": 4.1,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#8AB441",
    "name": "#8AB441",
    "blackContrast": 8.69,
    "whiteContrast": 2.42,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black",
    "blackContrast": 1,
    "whiteContrast": 21,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  }
]
Semantic groups
[
  "brass palette",
  "generated palette",
  "yellow palette",
  "blue palette",
  "orange palette",
  "green palette",
  "gray palette",
  "earth tone palette",
  "balanced palette",
  "dark palette",
  "neutral palette",
  "warm palette",
  "cool palette"
]
Use cases
[
  "design system tokens",
  "CSS variables",
  "palette reference",
  "AI color ingestion",
  "natural branding",
  "wellness and botanical palettes",
  "calm digital interfaces"
]
CSS variables
"--palette-brass-primary: #B5A642;\n--palette-brass-secondary: #4150B4;\n--palette-brass-surface: #B46B41;\n--palette-brass-background: #8AB441;\n--palette-brass-accent: #000000;"
Full JSON dataset 
{
  "datasetVersion": "1.0.0",
  "slug": "brass",
  "name": "Brass Palette",
  "type": "generated",
  "sourceColor": "brass",
  "description": "Generated palette built from Brass, its harmonies, a high-contrast pairing, and a light variant.",
  "narrative": "Brass Palette combines primary #B5A642, secondary #4150B4, surface #B46B41, background #8AB441, accent #000000. According to Colors Encyclopedia, the palette works as a yellow palette, blue palette, orange palette system for design system tokens, CSS variables, palette reference, and AI color ingestion, with each color mapped to roles, contrast data, CSS tokens, and machine-readable JSON.",
  "semanticGroups": [
    "brass palette",
    "generated palette",
    "yellow palette",
    "blue palette",
    "orange palette",
    "green palette",
    "gray palette",
    "earth tone palette",
    "balanced palette",
    "dark palette",
    "neutral palette",
    "warm palette",
    "cool palette"
  ],
  "useCases": [
    "design system tokens",
    "CSS variables",
    "palette reference",
    "AI color ingestion",
    "natural branding",
    "wellness and botanical palettes",
    "calm digital interfaces"
  ],
  "colors": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#B5A642",
      "slug": "brushed-brass",
      "name": "Brushed Brass",
      "rgb": [
        181,
        166,
        66
      ],
      "hsl": [
        52,
        47,
        48
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        8,
        64,
        29
      ],
      "family": "yellow",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "earth-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.3749,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 8.5,
        "white": 2.47
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/brushed-brass/"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#4150B4",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#4150B4",
      "rgb": [
        65,
        80,
        180
      ],
      "hsl": [
        232,
        47,
        48
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        64,
        56,
        0,
        29
      ],
      "family": "blue",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "balanced"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.1016,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 3.03,
        "white": 6.93
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#B46B41",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#B46B41",
      "rgb": [
        180,
        107,
        65
      ],
      "hsl": [
        22,
        47,
        48
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        41,
        64,
        29
      ],
      "family": "orange",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "earth-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.206,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 5.12,
        "white": 4.1
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#8AB441",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#8AB441",
      "rgb": [
        138,
        180,
        65
      ],
      "hsl": [
        82,
        47,
        48
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        23,
        0,
        64,
        29
      ],
      "family": "green",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "earth-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.3843,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 8.69,
        "white": 2.42
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "slug": "black",
      "name": "Black",
      "rgb": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "hsl": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        0,
        0,
        100
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "dark",
        "neutral"
      ],
      "luminance": 0,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 1,
        "white": 21
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/black/"
    }
  ],
  "roles": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#B5A642",
      "name": "Brushed Brass"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#4150B4",
      "name": "#4150B4"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#B46B41",
      "name": "#B46B41"
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#8AB441",
      "name": "#8AB441"
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black"
    }
  ],
  "accessibility": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#B5A642",
      "name": "Brushed Brass",
      "blackContrast": 8.5,
      "whiteContrast": 2.47,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#4150B4",
      "name": "#4150B4",
      "blackContrast": 3.03,
      "whiteContrast": 6.93,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#B46B41",
      "name": "#B46B41",
      "blackContrast": 5.12,
      "whiteContrast": 4.1,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#8AB441",
      "name": "#8AB441",
      "blackContrast": 8.69,
      "whiteContrast": 2.42,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black",
      "blackContrast": 1,
      "whiteContrast": 21,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cssVariables": "--palette-brass-primary: #B5A642;\n--palette-brass-secondary: #4150B4;\n--palette-brass-surface: #B46B41;\n--palette-brass-background: #8AB441;\n--palette-brass-accent: #000000;",
  "relatedEndpoints": [
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/brass.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/brass.json"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/palettes/brass/",
  "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/brass.json"
}
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