Information about #B5C96D color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#B5C96D falls into the Yellow Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Very Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(181, 201, 109) — 71% red, 78.8% green, 42.7% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 8 / 0 / 36 / 21. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#B5C96D presents itself as a clearly saturated golden yellow — one that has a delicate, washed-out lightness. It is a natural fit for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Poprock (#C0C975). Slightly further away sit Light Olive (#ACBF69) and Greenish Tan (#BCCB7A).

In RGB terms — rgb(181, 201, 109) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #B5C96D: 11.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.8:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#B5C96D color variations

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

#B5C96D color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#B5C96D color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#B5C96D color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#B5C96D 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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#B5C96D 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 #B5C96D

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

Poprock color link
Poprock

#C0C975

Light Olive color link
Light Olive

#ACBF69

Greenish Tan color link
Greenish Tan

#BCCB7A

Wild Willow color link
Wild Willow

#BECA60

Pomelo Olive color link
Pomelo Olive

#BFBD70

Tan Green color link
Tan Green

#A9BE70

Vermont color link
Vermont

#B2BE61

Pale Olive Green color link
Pale Olive Green

#B1D27B

Middle Green Yellow color link
Middle Green Yellow

#ACBF60

Spring color link
Spring

#A3C566

Dark Khaki color link
Dark Khaki

#BDB76B

Pale Olive color link
Pale Olive

#B9CC81

#B5C96D color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B5C96D
  • RGB181, 201, 109
  • CMYK8, 0, 36, 21
  • CSSrgb(181, 201, 109)
  • HSL73°, 46%, 61%
  • HSL Precise73.043°, 46%, 60.784%
  • HSV73°, 46%, 79%
  • HSB73°, 46%, 79%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.710
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.788
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.427
  • GLSLvec3(0.710, 0.788, 0.427)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.710, 0.788, 0.427, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.710, 0.788, 0.427)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB71%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB78.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB42.7%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDB5C96D
  • DECIMAL ID11913581
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers20 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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