Information about #B9A87D color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#B9A87D falls into the Orange Color Family — Mild Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(185, 168, 125) — 72.5% red, 65.9% green, 49% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 7 / 24 / 27. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #B9A87D reads as a mildly saturated warm orange and has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Designers typically reach for tones like this for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Taupe (#B9A281). Slightly further away sit Navarone (#B9A584) and Dull Beige (#BAA182).

The recipe behind #B9A87D is rgb(185, 168, 125), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 9.0:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.3:1. #B9A87D has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#B9A87D color variations

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

#B9A87D color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#B9A87D color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#B9A87D color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#B9A87D 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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#B9A87D 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 #B9A87D

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

Taupe color link
Taupe

#B9A281

Navarone color link
Navarone

#B9A584

Dull Beige color link
Dull Beige

#BAA182

Quarter Colins Wicket color link
Quarter Colins Wicket

#B7A786

Doeskin color link
Doeskin

#B6A081

Coromandel color link
Coromandel

#B9A873

Howlin Wolf color link
Howlin Wolf

#B79F81

Piha Sand color link
Piha Sand

#B7A077

Okey Dokey color link
Okey Dokey

#BCA184

Shelter color link
Shelter

#B4A183

Pavlova color link
Pavlova

#BAAB87

Rustic Beige color link
Rustic Beige

#BBA084

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B9A87D
  • RGB185, 168, 125
  • CMYK0, 7, 24, 27
  • CSSrgb(185, 168, 125)
  • HSL43°, 30%, 61%
  • HSL Precise43°, 30%, 60.784%
  • HSV43°, 32%, 73%
  • HSB43°, 32%, 73%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.725
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.659
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.490
  • GLSLvec3(0.725, 0.659, 0.490)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.725, 0.659, 0.490, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.725, 0.659, 0.490)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB72.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB65.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB49%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDB9A87D
  • DECIMAL ID12167293
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers20 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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