Information about #B2AF15 color

#B2AF15 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#B2AF15 falls into the Yellow Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(178, 175, 21) — 69.8% red, 68.6% green, 8.2% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 1 / 62 / 30. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#B2AF15 presents itself as a strongly colored sunny yellow — one that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. In practice it works well for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Snot (#ACBB0D). Slightly further away sit Earls Green (#B8A722) and Acid Green (#B0BF1A).

Technically, the mix leans on its red channel (rgb(178, 175, 21)), which gives #B2AF15 its character. On this background, black text reaches a 9.0:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.3:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #B2AF15 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#B2AF15 color variations

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

#B2AF15 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 #B2AF15

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

Snot color link
Snot

#ACBB0D

Earls Green color link
Earls Green

#B8A722

Acid Green color link
Acid Green

#B0BF1A

Vomit color link
Vomit

#A2A415

La Rioja color link
La Rioja

#BAC00E

Bahia color link
Bahia

#A9C01C

Muddy Yellow color link
Muddy Yellow

#BFAC05

Olive Yellow color link
Olive Yellow

#C2B709

Citron color link
Citron

#9FA91F

Greenfinch color link
Greenfinch

#BDA928

Gold Foil color link
Gold Foil

#BD9B16

Puke Yellow color link
Puke Yellow

#C2BE0E

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B2AF15
  • RGB178, 175, 21
  • CMYK0, 1, 62, 30
  • CSSrgb(178, 175, 21)
  • HSL59°, 79%, 39%
  • HSL Precise58.854°, 78.894%, 39.02%
  • HSV59°, 88%, 70%
  • HSB59°, 88%, 70%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.698
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.686
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.082
  • GLSLvec3(0.698, 0.686, 0.082)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.698, 0.686, 0.082, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.698, 0.686, 0.082)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB69.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB68.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB8.2%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX IDB2AF15
  • DECIMAL ID11710229
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers40 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01