Information about #B2AB79 color

#B2AB79 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#B2AB79 falls into the Yellow Color Family — Mild Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(178, 171, 121) — 69.8% red, 67.1% green, 47.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 3 / 22 / 30. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #B2AB79 reads as a softly balanced golden yellow and feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Coromandel (#B9A873). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Quarter Crisp Green (#B8B47B) and Iko (#B3AB6E).

In RGB terms — rgb(178, 171, 121) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #B2AB79: 9.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.3:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #B2AB79 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#B2AB79 color variations

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

#B2AB79 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 #B2AB79

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

Coromandel color link
Coromandel

#B9A873

Iko color link
Iko

#B3AB6E

Khaki color link
Khaki

#ADA96E

Piha Sand color link
Piha Sand

#B7A077

Misty Moss color link
Misty Moss

#BBB477

Taupe color link
Taupe

#B9A281

Doeskin color link
Doeskin

#B6A081

Shelter color link
Shelter

#B4A183

Navarone color link
Navarone

#B9A584

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B2AB79
  • RGB178, 171, 121
  • CMYK0, 3, 22, 30
  • CSSrgb(178, 171, 121)
  • HSL53°, 27%, 59%
  • HSL Precise52.632°, 27.014%, 58.627%
  • HSV53°, 32%, 70%
  • HSB53°, 32%, 70%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.698
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.671
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.475
  • GLSLvec3(0.698, 0.671, 0.475)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.698, 0.671, 0.475, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.698, 0.671, 0.475)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB69.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB67.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB47.5%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDB2AB79
  • DECIMAL ID11709305
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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