Information about #B97331 color

#B97331 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#B97331 falls into the Orange Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(185, 115, 49) — 72.5% red, 45.1% green, 19.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 27 / 53 / 27. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #B97331 reads as a confidently colored amber-leaning orange and feels open and friendly. 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 Copper (#B87333). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Meteor (#BB7431) and Chinese Yellow Tea (#B7702D).

In RGB terms — rgb(185, 115, 49) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #B97331: 5.6:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.8:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #B97331 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#B97331 color variations

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

#B97331 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 #B97331

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

Copper color link
Copper

#B87333

Meteor color link
Meteor

#BB7431

Pirate Gold color link
Pirate Gold

#BA782A

Reno Sand color link
Reno Sand

#B26E33

Mandalay color link
Mandalay

#B57B2E

High Five color link
High Five

#B26F2C

Fiesta color link
Fiesta

#BD7E2D

Leather color link
Leather

#AC7434

Durian color link
Durian

#B07939

Clay Brown color link
Clay Brown

#B2713D

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B97331
  • RGB185, 115, 49
  • CMYK0, 27, 53, 27
  • CSSrgb(185, 115, 49)
  • HSL29°, 58%, 46%
  • HSL Precise29.118°, 58.12%, 45.882%
  • HSV29°, 74%, 73%
  • HSB29°, 74%, 73%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.725
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.451
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.192
  • GLSLvec3(0.725, 0.451, 0.192)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.725, 0.451, 0.192, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.725, 0.451, 0.192)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB72.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB45.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB19.2%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDB97331
  • DECIMAL ID12153649
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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