Information about #B9A474 color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#B9A474 falls into the Orange Color Family — Mild Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(185, 164, 116) — 72.5% red, 64.3% green, 45.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 8 / 27 / 27. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#B9A474 is a mildly saturated warm orange that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Coromandel (#B9A873). Slightly further away sit Piha Sand (#B7A077) and Double Canterbury Clay (#B89F6F).

The recipe behind #B9A474 is rgb(185, 164, 116), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #B9A474: 8.6:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.4:1 for white. No one has named #B9A474 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#B9A474 color variations

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

#B9A474 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#B9A474 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#B9A474 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#B9A474 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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#B9A474 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 #B9A474

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

Coromandel color link
Coromandel

#B9A873

Piha Sand color link
Piha Sand

#B7A077

Double Canterbury Clay color link
Double Canterbury Clay

#B89F6F

Pale Oak color link
Pale Oak

#BBA46D

Griffin Oak color link
Griffin Oak

#B99B74

Iko color link
Iko

#B3AB6E

Quarter Sorrell Brown color link
Quarter Sorrell Brown

#C1A07D

Safari color link
Safari

#C0A469

Taupe color link
Taupe

#B9A281

Doeskin color link
Doeskin

#B6A081

Howlin Wolf color link
Howlin Wolf

#B79F81

Khaki color link
Khaki

#ADA96E

#B9A474 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B9A474
  • RGB185, 164, 116
  • CMYK0, 8, 27, 27
  • CSSrgb(185, 164, 116)
  • HSL42°, 33%, 59%
  • HSL Precise41.739°, 33.014%, 59.02%
  • HSV42°, 37%, 73%
  • HSB42°, 37%, 73%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.725
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.643
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.455
  • GLSLvec3(0.725, 0.643, 0.455)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.725, 0.643, 0.455, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.725, 0.643, 0.455)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB72.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB64.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB45.5%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDB9A474
  • DECIMAL ID12166260
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers17 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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