Information about #B27525 color

#B27525 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #B27525 belongs to the Orange Color Family, featuring High Saturation and Light brightness. In numbers: rgb(178, 117, 37) (69.8% red, 45.9% green, 14.5% blue), or CMYK 0 / 24 / 55 / 30 for print. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#B27525 presents itself as a strongly colored amber-leaning orange — one that carries an easy, daylight feel. It is a natural fit for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to High Five (#B26F2C). Slightly further away sit Pirate Gold (#BA782A) and Chinese Yellow Tea (#B7702D).

The recipe behind #B27525 is rgb(178, 117, 37), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #B27525: 5.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.8:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#B27525 color variations

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

#B27525 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 #B27525

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

High Five color link
High Five

#B26F2C

Pirate Gold color link
Pirate Gold

#BA782A

Mandalay color link
Mandalay

#B57B2E

Hot Toddy color link
Hot Toddy

#A7752C

Meteor color link
Meteor

#BB7431

Copper color link
Copper

#B87333

Reno Sand color link
Reno Sand

#B26E33

Leather color link
Leather

#AC7434

Fiesta color link
Fiesta

#BD7E2D

Frizzell color link
Frizzell

#AD812F

Dirty Brown color link
Dirty Brown

#B5651E

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B27525
  • RGB178, 117, 37
  • CMYK0, 24, 55, 30
  • CSSrgb(178, 117, 37)
  • HSL34°, 66%, 42%
  • HSL Precise34.043°, 65.581%, 42.157%
  • HSV34°, 79%, 70%
  • HSB34°, 79%, 70%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.698
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.459
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.145
  • GLSLvec3(0.698, 0.459, 0.145)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.698, 0.459, 0.145, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.698, 0.459, 0.145)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB69.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB45.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB14.5%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDB27525
  • DECIMAL ID11695397
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers10 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01