Information about #B9561D color

#B9561D color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#B9561D falls into the Orange Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(185, 86, 29) — 72.5% red, 33.7% green, 11.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 39 / 61 / 27. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#B9561D is a strongly colored warm orange that carries an easy, daylight feel. 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 The Big Carrot (#BA5823). Slightly further away sit Red Fox (#C35817) and Berry High Life (#BE4D27).

Technically, the mix leans on its red channel (rgb(185, 86, 29)), which gives #B9561D its character. On this background, white text reaches a 4.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 4.4:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #B9561D is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#B9561D color variations

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

#B9561D color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#B9561D color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#B9561D color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#B9561D 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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#B9561D 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 #B9561D

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

The Big Carrot color link
The Big Carrot

#BA5823

Red Fox color link
Red Fox

#C35817

Berry High Life color link
Berry High Life

#BE4D27

Light Brown color link
Light Brown

#B5651D

Cattail color link
Cattail

#B64925

Dirty Brown color link
Dirty Brown

#B5651E

Omega color link
Omega

#B56519

Ruddy Brown color link
Ruddy Brown

#BB6528

Vindaloo color link
Vindaloo

#A74F20

Fiery Orange color link
Fiery Orange

#B1592F

Ayers Rock color link
Ayers Rock

#AE451D

The Great Canadian Orange color link
The Great Canadian Orange

#C64723

#B9561D color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B9561D
  • RGB185, 86, 29
  • CMYK0, 39, 61, 27
  • CSSrgb(185, 86, 29)
  • HSL22°, 73%, 42%
  • HSL Precise21.923°, 72.897%, 41.961%
  • HSV22°, 84%, 73%
  • HSB22°, 84%, 73%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.725
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.337
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.114
  • GLSLvec3(0.725, 0.337, 0.114)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.725, 0.337, 0.114, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.725, 0.337, 0.114)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB72.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB33.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB11.4%
  • Color Family (Hue)Orange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDB9561D
  • DECIMAL ID12146205
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • This page visited6 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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