Information about Truffle color
Basic facts about this digital color
#BEB9AD presents itself as a calm, restrained amber-leaning orange — one that appears airy and pastel-like. In practice it works well for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Grey Nickel (#BDBAAE). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Cotton Seed (#BFBAAF) and Tide (#BFB8B0).
The recipe behind #BEB9AD is rgb(190, 185, 173), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #BEB9AD: 10.7:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.0:1 for white. The name "Truffle" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.
Truffle color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Truffle color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Truffle color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Truffle color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Truffle color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Truffle 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 Truffle color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Truffle
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#BDBAAE
#BFBAAF
#BFB8B0
#BDB9B2
#C2BCAB
#BAB9A9
#BEBAA7
#C2BCB1
#C3BCB0
#B8B7AF
#BABEAF
#BFB7A6
Truffle color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#BEB9AD
- RGB190, 185, 173
- CMYK0, 2, 7, 25
- CSSrgb(190, 185, 173)
- HSL42°, 12%, 71%
- HSL Precise42.353°, 11.565%, 71.176%
- HSV42°, 9%, 75%
- HSB42°, 9%, 75%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.745
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.725
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.678
- GLSLvec3(0.745, 0.725, 0.678)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.745, 0.725, 0.678, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.745, 0.725, 0.678)
- Percentage of Red in RGB74.5%
- Percentage of Green in RGB72.5%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB67.8%
- Color FamilyOrange
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDBEB9AD
- DECIMAL ID12499373
- Name Length7
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- Counting from2025-01-01
