Information about #B5991C color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#B5991C falls into the Yellow Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(181, 153, 28) — 71% red, 60% green, 11% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 11 / 60 / 29. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#B5991C presents itself as a vivid, lively sunny yellow — one that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Buddha Gold (#BC9B1B). Slightly further away sit Lucky (#AB9A1C) and Gold Foil (#BD9B16).

The recipe behind #B5991C is rgb(181, 153, 28), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 7.5:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.8:1. #B5991C has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#B5991C color variations

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

#B5991C color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#B5991C color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#B5991C color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#B5991C 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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#B5991C 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 #B5991C

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

Buddha Gold color link
Buddha Gold

#BC9B1B

Lucky color link
Lucky

#AB9A1C

Gold Foil color link
Gold Foil

#BD9B16

Sahara color link
Sahara

#B79826

Wazzup color link
Wazzup

#BC9425

Earls Green color link
Earls Green

#B8A722

Nugget color link
Nugget

#BC9229

Ocher color link
Ocher

#BF9B0C

University Of California Gold color link
University Of California Gold

#B78727

Cookie Brown color link
Cookie Brown

#C7A317

Greenfinch color link
Greenfinch

#BDA928

Yellowy Brown color link
Yellowy Brown

#AE8B0C

#B5991C color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B5991C
  • RGB181, 153, 28
  • CMYK0, 11, 60, 29
  • CSSrgb(181, 153, 28)
  • HSL49°, 73%, 41%
  • HSL Precise49.02°, 73.206%, 40.98%
  • HSV49°, 85%, 71%
  • HSB49°, 85%, 71%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.710
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.600
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.110
  • GLSLvec3(0.710, 0.600, 0.110)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.710, 0.600, 0.110, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.710, 0.600, 0.110)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB71%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB60%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB11%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDB5991C
  • DECIMAL ID11901212
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers32 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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