Information about #B99B7C color

#B99B7C color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#B99B7C falls into the Orange Color Family — Mild Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(185, 155, 124) — 72.5% red, 60.8% green, 48.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 12 / 24 / 27. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#B99B7C is a softly balanced amber-leaning orange that appears airy and pastel-like. In practice it works well for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Pale Taupe (#BC987E). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Aesthetic Brown (#B6977D) and Howlin Wolf (#B79F81).

In RGB terms — rgb(185, 155, 124) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #B99B7C: 8.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.6:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #B99B7C is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#B99B7C color variations

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

#B99B7C color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#B99B7C color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#B99B7C color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#B99B7C 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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#B99B7C 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 #B99B7C

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

Pale Taupe color link
Pale Taupe

#BC987E

Aesthetic Brown color link
Aesthetic Brown

#B6977D

Howlin Wolf color link
Howlin Wolf

#B79F81

Piha Sand color link
Piha Sand

#B7A077

Nude Brown color link
Nude Brown

#BC9E82

Doeskin color link
Doeskin

#B6A081

Griffin Oak color link
Griffin Oak

#B99B74

Dull Beige color link
Dull Beige

#BAA182

Taupe color link
Taupe

#B9A281

Pure Beige color link
Pure Beige

#C09E80

Perfect Beige color link
Perfect Beige

#BE9676

Quarter Sorrell Brown color link
Quarter Sorrell Brown

#C1A07D

#B99B7C color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B99B7C
  • RGB185, 155, 124
  • CMYK0, 12, 24, 27
  • CSSrgb(185, 155, 124)
  • HSL30°, 30%, 61%
  • HSL Precise30.492°, 30.348%, 60.588%
  • HSV30°, 33%, 73%
  • HSB30°, 33%, 73%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.725
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.608
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.486
  • GLSLvec3(0.725, 0.608, 0.486)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.725, 0.608, 0.486, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.725, 0.608, 0.486)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB72.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB60.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB48.6%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDB99B7C
  • DECIMAL ID12163964
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers13 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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