Information about #B9A331 color
Basic facts about this digital color
#B9A331 is a clearly saturated sunny yellow that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Karma (#B6A237). Slightly further away sit Greenfinch (#BDA928) and Rustic Gold (#C2A03D).
The recipe behind #B9A331 is rgb(185, 163, 49), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 8.3:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.5:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #B9A331 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#B9A331 color variations
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#B9A331 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#B9A331 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#B9A331 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#B9A331 color hues
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#B9A331 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #B9A331 color
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Nearest named colors to #B9A331
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#B6A237
#BDA928
#C2A03D
#B8A722
#B79826
#B5A642
#CBA135
#BC9229
#BC9425
#C6AA24
#CBA92B
#C89828
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#B9A331
- RGB185, 163, 49
- CMYK0, 9, 53, 27
- CSSrgb(185, 163, 49)
- HSL50°, 58%, 46%
- HSL Precise50.294°, 58.12%, 45.882%
- HSV50°, 74%, 73%
- HSB50°, 74%, 73%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.725
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.639
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.192
- GLSLvec3(0.725, 0.639, 0.192)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.725, 0.639, 0.192, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.725, 0.639, 0.192)
- Percentage of Red in RGB72.5%
- Percentage of Green in RGB63.9%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB19.2%
- Color FamilyYellow
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX IDB9A331
- DECIMAL ID12165937
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers13 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
