Information about #B5683B color

#B5683B color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#B5683B falls into the Orange Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(181, 104, 59) — 71% red, 40.8% green, 23.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 30 / 48 / 29. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #B5683B reads as a confidently colored 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 Bourbon (#AF6C3E). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Bamboo (#BA6F3F) and Clay Brown (#B2713D).

In RGB terms — rgb(181, 104, 59) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #B5683B: 5.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.2:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #B5683B is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#B5683B color variations

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

#B5683B 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 #B5683B

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

Bourbon color link
Bourbon

#AF6C3E

Bamboo color link
Bamboo

#BA6F3F

Clay Brown color link
Clay Brown

#B2713D

Evermore color link
Evermore

#BE6A3F

Reno Sand color link
Reno Sand

#B26E33

Pendragon color link
Pendragon

#B2723E

Rhapsody color link
Rhapsody

#AD603C

Dark Gold color link
Dark Gold

#AA6C39

Bungy color link
Bungy

#AC713C

Smoke Tree color link
Smoke Tree

#BB5F34

Copper color link
Copper

#B87333

Arazi color link
Arazi

#C16E3F

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B5683B
  • RGB181, 104, 59
  • CMYK0, 30, 48, 29
  • CSSrgb(181, 104, 59)
  • HSL22°, 51%, 47%
  • HSL Precise22.131°, 50.833%, 47.059%
  • HSV22°, 67%, 71%
  • HSB22°, 67%, 71%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.710
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.408
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.231
  • GLSLvec3(0.710, 0.408, 0.231)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.710, 0.408, 0.231, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.710, 0.408, 0.231)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB71%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB40.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB23.1%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDB5683B
  • DECIMAL ID11888699
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01