Information about #B4AD27 color

#B4AD27 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#B4AD27 falls into the Yellow Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(180, 173, 39) — 70.6% red, 67.8% green, 15.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 3 / 55 / 29. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#B4AD27 is a strongly colored sunny yellow that carries an easy, daylight feel. 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 practically indistinguishable from Earls Green (#B8A722). Slightly further away sit Greenfinch (#BDA928) and Funk (#C6AA24).

The recipe behind #B4AD27 is rgb(180, 173, 39), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 8.9:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.3:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #B4AD27 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#B4AD27 color variations

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

#B4AD27 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 #B4AD27

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

Earls Green color link
Earls Green

#B8A722

Greenfinch color link
Greenfinch

#BDA928

Funk color link
Funk

#C6AA24

Karma color link
Karma

#B6A237

Sahara color link
Sahara

#B79826

Acid Green color link
Acid Green

#B0BF1A

Citron color link
Citron

#9FA91F

Buddha Gold color link
Buddha Gold

#BC9B1B

Lucky color link
Lucky

#AB9A1C

Bahia color link
Bahia

#A9C01C

Pea color link
Pea

#A4BF20

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B4AD27
  • RGB180, 173, 39
  • CMYK0, 3, 55, 29
  • CSSrgb(180, 173, 39)
  • HSL57°, 64%, 43%
  • HSL Precise57.021°, 64.384%, 42.941%
  • HSV57°, 78%, 71%
  • HSB57°, 78%, 71%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.706
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.678
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.153
  • GLSLvec3(0.706, 0.678, 0.153)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.706, 0.678, 0.153, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.706, 0.678, 0.153)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB70.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB67.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB15.3%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDB4AD27
  • DECIMAL ID11840807
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers9 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01