Information about #B6B349 color

#B6B349 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#B6B349 falls into the Yellow Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(182, 179, 73) — 71.4% red, 70.2% green, 28.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 1 / 43 / 29. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #B6B349 reads as a clearly saturated golden yellow and carries an easy, daylight feel. Expect to see shades like this in versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Billy T (#C1B943). Slightly further away sit Brass (#B5A642) and Avocado Green (#B2C248).

In RGB terms — rgb(182, 179, 73) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #B6B349: 9.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.2:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#B6B349 color variations

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

#B6B349 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#B6B349 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#B6B349 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#B6B349 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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#B6B349 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 #B6B349

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

Billy T color link
Billy T

#C1B943

Brass color link
Brass

#B5A642

Avocado Green color link
Avocado Green

#B2C248

Margarita color link
Margarita

#B0C24A

Sundance color link
Sundance

#C4AA4D

Moderate Olive color link
Moderate Olive

#A8A84A

Olive Green color link
Olive Green

#B5B35C

Dark Pastel Gold color link
Dark Pastel Gold

#BBA151

Vegas Gold color link
Vegas Gold

#C5B358

Warm Olive color link
Warm Olive

#C7B63C

Flourish color link
Flourish

#ADB15E

Karma color link
Karma

#B6A237

#B6B349 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B6B349
  • RGB182, 179, 73
  • CMYK0, 1, 43, 29
  • CSSrgb(182, 179, 73)
  • HSL58°, 43%, 50%
  • HSL Precise58.349°, 42.745%, 50%
  • HSV58°, 60%, 71%
  • HSB58°, 60%, 71%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.714
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.702
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.286
  • GLSLvec3(0.714, 0.702, 0.286)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.714, 0.702, 0.286, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.714, 0.702, 0.286)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB71.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB70.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB28.6%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDB6B349
  • DECIMAL ID11973449
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers326 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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