Information about #B68508 color

#B68508 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#B68508 falls into the Orange Color Family — Full Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(182, 133, 8) — 71.4% red, 52.2% green, 3.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 27 / 96 / 29. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#B68508 is a pure, full-strength amber-leaning orange that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. 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 Dark Goldenrod (#B8860B). Slightly further away sit Rusty Gold (#B57F0C) and High Noon (#BC7F0C).

In RGB terms — rgb(182, 133, 8) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 6.3:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.3:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #B68508 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#B68508 color variations

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

#B68508 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 #B68508

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

Rusty Gold color link
Rusty Gold

#B57F0C

High Noon color link
High Noon

#BC7F0C

Golden Palm color link
Golden Palm

#AA8805

Dark Mustard color link
Dark Mustard

#A88905

Baby Poo color link
Baby Poo

#AB9004

Yellow Brown color link
Yellow Brown

#B79400

Strong Amber color link
Strong Amber

#A87E00

Zion color link
Zion

#AC7911

Egypt Gold color link
Egypt Gold

#C09300

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B68508
  • RGB182, 133, 8
  • CMYK0, 27, 96, 29
  • CSSrgb(182, 133, 8)
  • HSL43°, 92%, 37%
  • HSL Precise43.103°, 91.579%, 37.255%
  • HSV43°, 96%, 71%
  • HSB43°, 96%, 71%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.714
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.522
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.031
  • GLSLvec3(0.714, 0.522, 0.031)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.714, 0.522, 0.031, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.714, 0.522, 0.031)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB71.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB52.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB3.1%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX IDB68508
  • DECIMAL ID11961608
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01