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Information about #B9B250 color

#B9B250 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#B9B250 falls into the Yellow Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(185, 178, 80) — 72.5% red, 69.8% green, 31.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 3 / 41 / 27. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #B9B250 reads as a clearly saturated sunny yellow and carries an easy, daylight feel. Expect to see shades like this in versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Olive Green (#B5B35C). Slightly further away sit Sundance (#C4AA4D) and Vegas Gold (#C5B358).

Technically, the mix leans on its red channel (rgb(185, 178, 80)), which gives #B9B250 its character. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #B9B250: 9.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.2:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#B9B250 color variations

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

#B9B250 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#B9B250 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#B9B250 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#B9B250 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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#B9B250 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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#B97E50
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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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#50B9B2
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#B250B9
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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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#B9508C
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Nearest named colors to #B9B250

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

Olive Green color link
Olive Green

#B5B35C

Sundance color link
Sundance

#C4AA4D

Vegas Gold color link
Vegas Gold

#C5B358

Billy T color link
Billy T

#C1B943

Dark Pastel Gold color link
Dark Pastel Gold

#BBA151

Gimblet color link
Gimblet

#B9AD61

Flourish color link
Flourish

#ADB15E

Brass color link
Brass

#B5A642

Avocado Green color link
Avocado Green

#B2C248

Margarita color link
Margarita

#B0C24A

Moderate Olive color link
Moderate Olive

#A8A84A

Fleetwood color link
Fleetwood

#B99E56

#B9B250 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B9B250
  • RGB185, 178, 80
  • CMYK0, 3, 41, 27
  • CSSrgb(185, 178, 80)
  • HSL56°, 43%, 52%
  • HSL Precise56°, 42.857%, 51.961%
  • HSV56°, 57%, 73%
  • HSB56°, 57%, 73%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.725
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.698
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.314
  • GLSLvec3(0.725, 0.698, 0.314)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.725, 0.698, 0.314, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.725, 0.698, 0.314)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB72.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB69.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB31.4%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDB9B250
  • DECIMAL ID12169808
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • This page visited1 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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