Information about #BF995A color
Basic facts about this digital color
#BF995A is a clearly saturated warm orange that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Double Putty (#C09B59). Slightly further away sit Mind on a Million Gold (#BE9D5E) and Metallic Brass (#C49E5B).
Technically, the mix leans on its red channel (rgb(191, 153, 90)), which gives #BF995A its character. On this background, black text reaches a 7.9:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.7:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #BF995A is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#BF995A color variations
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#BF995A color tints
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#BF995A color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#BF995A color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#BF995A color hues
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#BF995A 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 #BF995A color
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Nearest named colors to #BF995A
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#C09B59
#BE9D5E
#C49E5B
#C39953
#B99E56
#C19156
#C19552
#B7945D
#C9995D
#B6935C
#C39D64
#BB9351
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#BF995A
- RGB191, 153, 90
- CMYK0, 15, 40, 25
- CSSrgb(191, 153, 90)
- HSL37°, 44%, 55%
- HSL Precise37.426°, 44.105%, 55.098%
- HSV37°, 53%, 75%
- HSB37°, 53%, 75%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.749
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.600
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.353
- GLSLvec3(0.749, 0.600, 0.353)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.749, 0.600, 0.353, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.749, 0.600, 0.353)
- Percentage of Red in RGB74.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB60%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB35.3%
- Color FamilyOrange
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX IDBF995A
- DECIMAL ID12556634
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers14 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
