Information about #B78E15 color

#B78E15 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#B78E15 falls into the Orange Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(183, 142, 21) — 71.8% red, 55.7% green, 8.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 16 / 64 / 28. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#B78E15 is a vivid, lively warm orange that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Dark Goldenrod (#B8860B). Slightly further away sit Yellowy Brown (#AE8B0C) and Gold Foil (#BD9B16).

The recipe behind #B78E15 is rgb(183, 142, 21), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #B78E15: 6.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.0:1 for white. No one has named #B78E15 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#B78E15 color variations

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

#B78E15 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#B78E15 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#B78E15 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#B78E15 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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#B78E15 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 #B78E15

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

Dark Goldenrod color link
Dark Goldenrod

#B8860B

Yellowy Brown color link
Yellowy Brown

#AE8B0C

Gold Foil color link
Gold Foil

#BD9B16

Cinnamon color link
Cinnamon

#C58917

Buddha Gold color link
Buddha Gold

#BC9B1B

Rusty Gold color link
Rusty Gold

#B57F0C

Ocher color link
Ocher

#BF9B0C

Wazzup color link
Wazzup

#BC9425

High Noon color link
High Noon

#BC7F0C

Lucky color link
Lucky

#AB9A1C

Desert Yellow color link
Desert Yellow

#CA8D16

University Of California Gold color link
University Of California Gold

#B78727

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B78E15
  • RGB183, 142, 21
  • CMYK0, 16, 64, 28
  • CSSrgb(183, 142, 21)
  • HSL45°, 79%, 40%
  • HSL Precise44.815°, 79.412%, 40%
  • HSV45°, 89%, 72%
  • HSB45°, 89%, 72%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.718
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.557
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.082
  • GLSLvec3(0.718, 0.557, 0.082)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.718, 0.557, 0.082, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.718, 0.557, 0.082)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB71.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB55.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB8.2%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDB78E15
  • DECIMAL ID12029461
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers27 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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