Information about #B8A36F color

#B8A36F color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#B8A36F falls into the Orange Color Family — Mild Saturation, Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(184, 163, 111) — 72.2% red, 63.9% green, 43.5% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 8 / 29 / 28. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A moderately toned amber-leaning orange, #B8A36F 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 almost identical to Pale Oak (#BBA46D). Slightly further away sit Double Canterbury Clay (#B89F6F) and Coromandel (#B9A873).

In RGB terms — rgb(184, 163, 111) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #B8A36F: 8.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.5:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#B8A36F color variations

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

#B8A36F 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 #B8A36F

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

Pale Oak color link
Pale Oak

#BBA46D

Coromandel color link
Coromandel

#B9A873

Piha Sand color link
Piha Sand

#B7A077

Iko color link
Iko

#B3AB6E

Travis color link
Travis

#B79E67

Griffin Oak color link
Griffin Oak

#B99B74

Safari color link
Safari

#C0A469

Goldie color link
Goldie

#B39B69

Dust color link
Dust

#B2996E

Khaki color link
Khaki

#ADA96E

Uluru color link
Uluru

#BF9B67

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B8A36F
  • RGB184, 163, 111
  • CMYK0, 8, 29, 28
  • CSSrgb(184, 163, 111)
  • HSL43°, 34%, 58%
  • HSL Precise42.74°, 33.953%, 57.843%
  • HSV43°, 40%, 72%
  • HSB43°, 40%, 72%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.722
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.639
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.435
  • GLSLvec3(0.722, 0.639, 0.435)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.722, 0.639, 0.435, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.722, 0.639, 0.435)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB72.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB63.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB43.5%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDB8A36F
  • DECIMAL ID12100463
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers4 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01