Information about #B38E08 color

#B38E08 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#B38E08 falls into the Yellow Color Family — Full Saturation, Neutral brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(179, 142, 8) — 70.2% red, 55.7% green, 3.1% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 15 / 67 / 30. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#B38E08 presents itself as a pure, full-strength golden 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 hair away from Yellowy Brown (#AE8B0C). Slightly further away sit Baby Poo (#AB9004) and Dark Goldenrod (#B8860B).

In RGB terms — rgb(179, 142, 8) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 6.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.1:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #B38E08 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#B38E08 color variations

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

#B38E08 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#B38E08 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#B38E08 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#B38E08 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#B38E08 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
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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
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#3908B4
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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
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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
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Tetradic

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

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

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

Square color scheme
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#B40884
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Nearest named colors to #B38E08

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

Yellowy Brown color link
Yellowy Brown

#AE8B0C

Baby Poo color link
Baby Poo

#AB9004

Dark Goldenrod color link
Dark Goldenrod

#B8860B

Yellow Brown color link
Yellow Brown

#B79400

Golden Palm color link
Golden Palm

#AA8805

Light Gold color link
Light Gold

#B29700

Dark Mustard color link
Dark Mustard

#A88905

Strong Gold color link
Strong Gold

#A89300

Rusty Gold color link
Rusty Gold

#B57F0C

Egypt Gold color link
Egypt Gold

#C09300

High Noon color link
High Noon

#BC7F0C

Ocher color link
Ocher

#BF9B0C

#B38E08 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B38E08
  • RGB179, 142, 8
  • CMYK0, 15, 67, 30
  • CSSrgb(179, 142, 8)
  • HSL47°, 91%, 37%
  • HSL Precise47.018°, 91.444%, 36.667%
  • HSV47°, 96%, 70%
  • HSB47°, 96%, 70%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.702
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.557
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.031
  • GLSLvec3(0.702, 0.557, 0.031)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.702, 0.557, 0.031, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.702, 0.557, 0.031)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB70.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB55.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB3.1%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX IDB38E08
  • DECIMAL ID11767304
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers14 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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