Information about #B55F26 color

#B55F26 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#B55F26 falls into the Orange Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(181, 95, 38) — 71% red, 37.3% green, 14.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 34 / 56 / 29. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#B55F26 is a strongly colored amber-leaning orange that carries an easy, daylight feel. 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 Ruddy Brown (#BB6528). Slightly further away sit The Big Carrot (#BA5823) and Dirty Brown (#B5651E).

The recipe behind #B55F26 is rgb(181, 95, 38), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 4.6:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 4.5:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #B55F26 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#B55F26 color variations

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

#B55F26 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 #B55F26

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

Ruddy Brown color link
Ruddy Brown

#BB6528

Dirty Brown color link
Dirty Brown

#B5651E

Light Brown color link
Light Brown

#B5651D

Fiery Orange color link
Fiery Orange

#B1592F

Christine color link
Christine

#BF652E

Omega color link
Omega

#B56519

Smoke Tree color link
Smoke Tree

#BB5F34

Clove Dyed color link
Clove Dyed

#A96232

Red Stage color link
Red Stage

#AD522E

Loquat Brown color link
Loquat Brown

#AB6134

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B55F26
  • RGB181, 95, 38
  • CMYK0, 34, 56, 29
  • CSSrgb(181, 95, 38)
  • HSL24°, 65%, 43%
  • HSL Precise23.916°, 65.297%, 42.941%
  • HSV24°, 79%, 71%
  • HSB24°, 79%, 71%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.710
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.373
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.149
  • GLSLvec3(0.710, 0.373, 0.149)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.710, 0.373, 0.149, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.710, 0.373, 0.149)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB71%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB37.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB14.9%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDB55F26
  • DECIMAL ID11886374
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01