Information about #B5B249 color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#B5B249 falls into the Yellow Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(181, 178, 73) — 71% red, 69.8% green, 28.6% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 1 / 42 / 29. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#B5B249 presents itself as a pleasantly vivid yellow — one that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Brass (#B5A642). Slightly further away sit Billy T (#C1B943) and Avocado Green (#B2C248).

In RGB terms — rgb(181, 178, 73) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #B5B249: 9.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.2:1 for white. No one has named #B5B249 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#B5B249 color variations

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

#B5B249 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#B5B249 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#B5B249 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#B5B249 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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#B5B249 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 #B5B249

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

Brass color link
Brass

#B5A642

Billy T color link
Billy T

#C1B943

Avocado Green color link
Avocado Green

#B2C248

Moderate Olive color link
Moderate Olive

#A8A84A

Margarita color link
Margarita

#B0C24A

Sundance color link
Sundance

#C4AA4D

Olive Green color link
Olive Green

#B5B35C

Dark Pastel Gold color link
Dark Pastel Gold

#BBA151

Vegas Gold color link
Vegas Gold

#C5B358

Flourish color link
Flourish

#ADB15E

Warm Olive color link
Warm Olive

#C7B63C

Karma color link
Karma

#B6A237

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B5B249
  • RGB181, 178, 73
  • CMYK0, 1, 42, 29
  • CSSrgb(181, 178, 73)
  • HSL58°, 43%, 50%
  • HSL Precise58.333°, 42.52%, 49.804%
  • HSV58°, 60%, 71%
  • HSB58°, 60%, 71%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.710
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.698
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.286
  • GLSLvec3(0.710, 0.698, 0.286)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.710, 0.698, 0.286, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.710, 0.698, 0.286)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB71%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB69.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB28.6%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDB5B249
  • DECIMAL ID11907657
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers13 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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