Information about #B5B70E color

#B5B70E color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#B5B70E falls into the Yellow Color Family — Full Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(181, 183, 14) — 71% red, 71.8% green, 5.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 1 / 0 / 66 / 28. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #B5B70E reads as a intensely saturated yellow and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Snot (#ACBB0D). Slightly further away sit La Rioja (#BAC00E) and Olive Yellow (#C2B709).

In RGB terms — rgb(181, 183, 14) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 9.7:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.2:1. #B5B70E has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#B5B70E color variations

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

#B5B70E 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 #B5B70E

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

Snot color link
Snot

#ACBB0D

La Rioja color link
La Rioja

#BAC00E

Olive Yellow color link
Olive Yellow

#C2B709

Bile color link
Bile

#B5C306

Puke Yellow color link
Puke Yellow

#C2BE0E

Acid Green color link
Acid Green

#B0BF1A

Muddy Yellow color link
Muddy Yellow

#BFAC05

Rio Grande color link
Rio Grande

#B7C61A

Bahia color link
Bahia

#A9C01C

Vomit Yellow color link
Vomit Yellow

#C7C10C

Citrus color link
Citrus

#9FB70A

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B5B70E
  • RGB181, 183, 14
  • CMYK1, 0, 66, 28
  • CSSrgb(181, 183, 14)
  • HSL61°, 86%, 39%
  • HSL Precise60.71°, 85.787%, 38.627%
  • HSV61°, 92%, 72%
  • HSB61°, 92%, 72%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.710
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.718
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.055
  • GLSLvec3(0.710, 0.718, 0.055)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.710, 0.718, 0.055, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.710, 0.718, 0.055)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB71%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB71.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB5.5%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX IDB5B70E
  • DECIMAL ID11908878
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01