Information about #B49208 color

#B49208 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#B49208 falls into the Yellow Color Family — Full Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(180, 146, 8) — 70.6% red, 57.3% green, 3.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 13 / 67 / 29. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#B49208 is a pure, full-strength golden yellow that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. It is a natural fit for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Yellow Brown (#B79400). Slightly further away sit Light Gold (#B29700) and Baby Poo (#AB9004).

In RGB terms — rgb(180, 146, 8) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 7.1:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 3.0:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #B49208 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#B49208 color variations

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

#B49208 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#B49208 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#B49208 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#B49208 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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#B49208 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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#3C08B4
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#0881B4
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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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#B43C08
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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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#08B492
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#9208B4
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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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#2BB408
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#082BB4
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#9208B4
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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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#B40881
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Nearest named colors to #B49208

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

Yellow Brown color link
Yellow Brown

#B79400

Light Gold color link
Light Gold

#B29700

Baby Poo color link
Baby Poo

#AB9004

Yellowy Brown color link
Yellowy Brown

#AE8B0C

Dark Goldenrod color link
Dark Goldenrod

#B8860B

Strong Gold color link
Strong Gold

#A89300

Egypt Gold color link
Egypt Gold

#C09300

Golden Palm color link
Golden Palm

#AA8805

Ocher color link
Ocher

#BF9B0C

Dark Mustard color link
Dark Mustard

#A88905

Gold Foil color link
Gold Foil

#BD9B16

Rusty Gold color link
Rusty Gold

#B57F0C

#B49208 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B49208
  • RGB180, 146, 8
  • CMYK0, 13, 67, 29
  • CSSrgb(180, 146, 8)
  • HSL48°, 91%, 37%
  • HSL Precise48.14°, 91.489%, 36.863%
  • HSV48°, 96%, 71%
  • HSB48°, 96%, 71%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.706
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.573
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.031
  • GLSLvec3(0.706, 0.573, 0.031)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.706, 0.573, 0.031, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.706, 0.573, 0.031)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB70.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB57.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB3.1%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX IDB49208
  • DECIMAL ID11833864
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers27 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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