Information about #B9A95C color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #B9A95C reads as a moderately toned sunny yellow and 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 practically indistinguishable from Gimblet (#B9AD61). Slightly further away sit Olive Green (#B5B35C) and Fleetwood (#B99E56).
The recipe behind #B9A95C is rgb(185, 169, 92), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 8.9:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.4:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #B9A95C is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#B9A95C color variations
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#B9A95C color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#B9A95C color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#B9A95C color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#B9A95C color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#B9A95C 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #B9A95C color
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Nearest named colors to #B9A95C
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#B9AD61
#B5B35C
#B99E56
#C6A95E
#BE9D5E
#BBA151
#ADB15E
#C0A469
#C49E5B
#B79E67
#C09B59
#C5B358
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#B9A95C
- RGB185, 169, 92
- CMYK0, 6, 36, 27
- CSSrgb(185, 169, 92)
- HSL50°, 40%, 54%
- HSL Precise49.677°, 39.914%, 54.314%
- HSV50°, 50%, 73%
- HSB50°, 50%, 73%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.725
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.663
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.361
- GLSLvec3(0.725, 0.663, 0.361)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.725, 0.663, 0.361, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.725, 0.663, 0.361)
- Percentage of Red in RGB72.5%
- Percentage of Green in RGB66.3%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB36.1%
- Color FamilyYellow
- Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX IDB9A95C
- DECIMAL ID12167516
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers13 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
