Information about #B29A79 color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#B29A79 falls into the Orange Color Family — Mild Saturation, Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(178, 154, 121) — 69.8% red, 60.4% green, 47.5% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 9 / 22 / 30. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A moderately toned amber-leaning orange, #B29A79 carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Aesthetic Brown (#B6977D). Slightly further away sit Double Drought (#AC987D) and Piha Sand (#B7A077).

In RGB terms — rgb(178, 154, 121) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #B29A79: 7.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.7:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#B29A79 color variations

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

#B29A79 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#B29A79 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#B29A79 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#B29A79 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#B29A79 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
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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
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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
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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
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #B29A79

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

Aesthetic Brown color link
Aesthetic Brown

#B6977D

Double Drought color link
Double Drought

#AC987D

Piha Sand color link
Piha Sand

#B7A077

Sandrift color link
Sandrift

#AF937D

Griffin Oak color link
Griffin Oak

#B99B74

Double Pavlova color link
Double Pavlova

#A99877

Neutral Beige color link
Neutral Beige

#AE9882

Howlin Wolf color link
Howlin Wolf

#B79F81

Doeskin color link
Doeskin

#B6A081

Dust color link
Dust

#B2996E

Pale Taupe color link
Pale Taupe

#BC987E

Grayish Amber color link
Grayish Amber

#A89E7D

#B29A79 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B29A79
  • RGB178, 154, 121
  • CMYK0, 9, 22, 30
  • CSSrgb(178, 154, 121)
  • HSL35°, 27%, 59%
  • HSL Precise34.737°, 27.014%, 58.627%
  • HSV35°, 32%, 70%
  • HSB35°, 32%, 70%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.698
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.604
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.475
  • GLSLvec3(0.698, 0.604, 0.475)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.698, 0.604, 0.475, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.698, 0.604, 0.475)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB69.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB60.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB47.5%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDB29A79
  • DECIMAL ID11704953
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers16 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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