Information about #B99764 color

#B99764 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #B99764 is classified in the Register under the Orange Color Family, with Mild Saturation and Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(185, 151, 100) — 72.5% red, 59.2% green, 39.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 13 / 33 / 27. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A mildly saturated orange, #B99764 carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Triple Canterbury Clay (#B59465). Slightly further away sit Uluru (#BF9B67) and Papier Mache (#B7945D).

In RGB terms — rgb(185, 151, 100) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 7.7:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.7:1. #B99764 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#B99764 color variations

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

#B99764 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 #B99764

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

Uluru color link
Uluru

#BF9B67

Papier Mache color link
Papier Mache

#B7945D

Travis color link
Travis

#B79E67

Goldie color link
Goldie

#B39B69

Barley Corn color link
Barley Corn

#B6935C

Camel color link
Camel

#C19A6B

Alamo color link
Alamo

#BA8C66

Bullet Shell color link
Bullet Shell

#AF9B60

Oxstone color link
Oxstone

#C39D64

Dust color link
Dust

#B2996E

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B99764
  • RGB185, 151, 100
  • CMYK0, 13, 33, 27
  • CSSrgb(185, 151, 100)
  • HSL36°, 38%, 56%
  • HSL Precise36°, 37.778%, 55.882%
  • HSV36°, 46%, 73%
  • HSB36°, 46%, 73%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.725
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.592
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.392
  • GLSLvec3(0.725, 0.592, 0.392)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.725, 0.592, 0.392, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.725, 0.592, 0.392)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB72.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB59.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB39.2%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDB99764
  • DECIMAL ID12162916
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01