Information about #B57146 color

#B57146 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#B57146 falls into the Orange Color FamilyModerate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(181, 113, 70) — 71% red, 44.3% green, 27.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 27 / 44 / 29. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #B57146 reads as a clearly saturated amber-leaning orange and 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 a hair away from Pendragon (#B2723E). Slightly further away sit Bamboo (#BA6F3F) and Clay Brown (#B2713D).

The recipe behind #B57146 is rgb(181, 113, 70), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #B57146: 5.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.9:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#B57146 color variations

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

#B57146 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 #B57146

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

Pendragon color link
Pendragon

#B2723E

Bamboo color link
Bamboo

#BA6F3F

Clay Brown color link
Clay Brown

#B2713D

Adobe color link
Adobe

#BD6C48

Brown Sugar color link
Brown Sugar

#AF6E4D

Bourbon color link
Bourbon

#AF6C3E

Clay color link
Clay

#B66A50

Santa Fe color link
Santa Fe

#B16D52

Evermore color link
Evermore

#BE6A3F

Bungy color link
Bungy

#AC713C

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B57146
  • RGB181, 113, 70
  • CMYK0, 27, 44, 29
  • CSSrgb(181, 113, 70)
  • HSL23°, 44%, 49%
  • HSL Precise23.243°, 44.223%, 49.216%
  • HSV23°, 61%, 71%
  • HSB23°, 61%, 71%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.710
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.443
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.275
  • GLSLvec3(0.710, 0.443, 0.275)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.710, 0.443, 0.275, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.710, 0.443, 0.275)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB71%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB44.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB27.5%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDB57146
  • DECIMAL ID11891014
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01