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Information about #BB8E05 color

#BB8E05 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#BB8E05 falls into the Yellow Color Family — Full Saturation, Neutral brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(187, 142, 5) — 73.3% red, 55.7% green, 2% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 18 / 71 / 27. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A pure, full-strength sunny yellow, #BB8E05 occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Egypt Gold (#C09300). Slightly further away sit Yellow Brown (#B79400) and Dark Goldenrod (#B8860B).

The recipe behind #BB8E05 is rgb(187, 142, 5), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 7.0:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.0:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #BB8E05 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#BB8E05 color variations

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

#BB8E05 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 #BB8E05

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

Egypt Gold color link
Egypt Gold

#C09300

Yellow Brown color link
Yellow Brown

#B79400

Light Gold color link
Light Gold

#B29700

Ocher color link
Ocher

#BF9B0C

Baby Poo color link
Baby Poo

#AB9004

High Noon color link
High Noon

#BC7F0C

Rusty Gold color link
Rusty Gold

#B57F0C

Ocre color link
Ocre

#C69C04

Golden Palm color link
Golden Palm

#AA8805

Dark Mustard color link
Dark Mustard

#A88905

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BB8E05
  • RGB187, 142, 5
  • CMYK0, 18, 71, 27
  • CSSrgb(187, 142, 5)
  • HSL45°, 95%, 38%
  • HSL Precise45.165°, 94.792%, 37.647%
  • HSV45°, 97%, 73%
  • HSB45°, 97%, 73%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.733
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.557
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.020
  • GLSLvec3(0.733, 0.557, 0.020)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.733, 0.557, 0.020, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.733, 0.557, 0.020)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB73.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB55.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB2%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX IDBB8E05
  • DECIMAL ID12291589
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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