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Information about #B78766 color

#B78766 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#B78766 falls into the Orange Color Family — Mild Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(183, 135, 102) — 71.8% red, 52.9% green, 40% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 19 / 32 / 28. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #B78766 reads as a mildly saturated orange and carries an easy, daylight feel. 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 Kalgoorie Sands (#BB8B67). Slightly further away sit Alamo (#BA8C66) and Soft Brown (#B7825F).

In RGB terms — rgb(183, 135, 102) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #B78766: 6.7:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.1:1 for white. No one has named #B78766 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#B78766 color variations

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

#B78766 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 #B78766

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

Alamo color link
Alamo

#BA8C66

Soft Brown color link
Soft Brown

#B7825F

Light Taupe color link
Light Taupe

#B38B6D

Gold Coast color link
Gold Coast

#B38B5E

Earth Brown color link
Earth Brown

#BC815F

Bonanza color link
Bonanza

#B77D6E

Deer color link
Deer

#BA8759

Backcountry color link
Backcountry

#AB8E6B

White Tea color link
White Tea

#C48E69

Barley Corn color link
Barley Corn

#B6935C

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B78766
  • RGB183, 135, 102
  • CMYK0, 19, 32, 28
  • CSSrgb(183, 135, 102)
  • HSL24°, 36%, 56%
  • HSL Precise24.444°, 36%, 55.882%
  • HSV24°, 44%, 72%
  • HSB24°, 44%, 72%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.718
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.529
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.400
  • GLSLvec3(0.718, 0.529, 0.400)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.718, 0.529, 0.400, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.718, 0.529, 0.400)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB71.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB52.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB40%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDB78766
  • DECIMAL ID12027750
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01