Information about #B09321 color

#B09321 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#B09321 falls into the Yellow Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(176, 147, 33) — 69% red, 57.6% green, 12.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 11 / 56 / 31. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #B09321 reads as a energetic, saturated yellow and feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Lucky (#AB9A1C). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Sahara (#B79826) and Wazzup (#BC9425).

In RGB terms — rgb(176, 147, 33) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #B09321: 7.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 3.0:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #B09321 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#B09321 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#B09321 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #B09321

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Lucky color link
Lucky

#AB9A1C

Sahara color link
Sahara

#B79826

Wazzup color link
Wazzup

#BC9425

Nugget color link
Nugget

#BC9229

Buddha Gold color link
Buddha Gold

#BC9B1B

Vintage Gold color link
Vintage Gold

#A28B23

Gold Foil color link
Gold Foil

#BD9B16

Earls Green color link
Earls Green

#B8A722

Dixie Chick color link
Dixie Chick

#C48F2A

Hokey Pokey color link
Hokey Pokey

#BB8E34

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B09321
  • RGB176, 147, 33
  • CMYK0, 11, 56, 31
  • CSSrgb(176, 147, 33)
  • HSL48°, 68%, 41%
  • HSL Precise47.832°, 68.421%, 40.98%
  • HSV48°, 81%, 69%
  • HSB48°, 81%, 69%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.690
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.576
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.129
  • GLSLvec3(0.690, 0.576, 0.129)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.690, 0.576, 0.129, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.690, 0.576, 0.129)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB69%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB57.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB12.9%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDB09321
  • DECIMAL ID11572001
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01