Information about #B49579 color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#B49579 falls into the Orange Color Family — Mild Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(180, 149, 121) — 70.6% red, 58.4% green, 47.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 12 / 23 / 29. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #B49579 reads as a moderately toned amber-leaning orange 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 Aesthetic Brown (#B6977D). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Sandrift (#AF937D) and Griffin Oak (#B99B74).

In RGB terms — rgb(180, 149, 121) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #B49579: 7.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.8:1 for white. #B49579 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#B49579 color variations

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

#B49579 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#B49579 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#B49579 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#B49579 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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#B49579 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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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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Nearest named colors to #B49579

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

Aesthetic Brown color link
Aesthetic Brown

#B6977D

Sandrift color link
Sandrift

#AF937D

Griffin Oak color link
Griffin Oak

#B99B74

Double Drought color link
Double Drought

#AC987D

Autumn Beige color link
Autumn Beige

#AF8D7A

Pale Taupe color link
Pale Taupe

#BC987E

Perfect Beige color link
Perfect Beige

#BE9676

Rickshaw color link
Rickshaw

#AA917B

Neutral Beige color link
Neutral Beige

#AE9882

Double Pavlova color link
Double Pavlova

#A99877

Piha Sand color link
Piha Sand

#B7A077

Dust color link
Dust

#B2996E

#B49579 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B49579
  • RGB180, 149, 121
  • CMYK0, 12, 23, 29
  • CSSrgb(180, 149, 121)
  • HSL28°, 28%, 59%
  • HSL Precise28.475°, 28.23%, 59.02%
  • HSV28°, 33%, 71%
  • HSB28°, 33%, 71%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.706
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.584
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.475
  • GLSLvec3(0.706, 0.584, 0.475)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.706, 0.584, 0.475, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.706, 0.584, 0.475)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB70.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB58.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB47.5%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDB49579
  • DECIMAL ID11834745
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers8 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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