Information about Bud color
Basic facts about this digital color
#A5A88F is a softly toned golden yellow that has a delicate, washed-out lightness. In practice it works well for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Double Linen (#A9A790). Slightly further away sit Cement (#A5A391) and Double Tana (#A8A48C).
In RGB terms — rgb(165, 168, 143) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #A5A88F: 8.6:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.4:1 for white. The name "Bud" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.
Bud color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Bud color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Bud color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Bud color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Bud color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Bud 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 Bud color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Bud
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#A9A790
#A5A391
#A8A48C
#A7AC8B
#A6A28F
#A7A392
#A1A894
#A8A293
#A5A395
#A8A495
#A9A18F
#9DA58C
Bud color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#A5A88F
- RGB165, 168, 143
- CMYK1, 0, 10, 34
- CSSrgb(165, 168, 143)
- HSL67°, 13%, 61%
- HSL Precise67.2°, 12.563%, 60.98%
- HSV67°, 15%, 66%
- HSB67°, 15%, 66%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.647
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.659
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.561
- GLSLvec3(0.647, 0.659, 0.561)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.647, 0.659, 0.561, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.647, 0.659, 0.561)
- Percentage of Red in RGB64.7%
- Percentage of Green in RGB65.9%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB56.1%
- Color FamilyYellow
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDA5A88F
- DECIMAL ID10856591
- Name Length3
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- Counting from2025-01-01
