Information about #BB6D2A color

#BB6D2A color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#BB6D2A falls into the Orange Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(187, 109, 42) — 73.3% red, 42.7% green, 16.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 31 / 57 / 27. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #BB6D2A reads as a strongly colored amber-leaning orange and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Chinese Yellow Tea (#B7702D). Slightly further away sit Ruddy Brown (#BB6528) and High Five (#B26F2C).

The recipe behind #BB6D2A is rgb(187, 109, 42), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 5.3:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.9:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #BB6D2A is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#BB6D2A color variations

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

#BB6D2A color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#BB6D2A color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#BB6D2A color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#BB6D2A 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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#BB6D2A 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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#6E2ABB
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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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#78BB2A
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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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#B62ABB
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Nearest named colors to #BB6D2A

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

Chinese Yellow Tea color link
Chinese Yellow Tea

#B7702D

Ruddy Brown color link
Ruddy Brown

#BB6528

High Five color link
High Five

#B26F2C

Christine color link
Christine

#BF652E

Meteor color link
Meteor

#BB7431

Pirate Gold color link
Pirate Gold

#BA782A

Copper color link
Copper

#B87333

Reno Sand color link
Reno Sand

#B26E33

Clockwork Orange color link
Clockwork Orange

#BF6031

Dirty Brown color link
Dirty Brown

#B5651E

Mandalay color link
Mandalay

#B57B2E

Light Brown color link
Light Brown

#B5651D

#BB6D2A color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BB6D2A
  • RGB187, 109, 42
  • CMYK0, 31, 57, 27
  • CSSrgb(187, 109, 42)
  • HSL28°, 63%, 45%
  • HSL Precise27.724°, 63.319%, 44.902%
  • HSV28°, 78%, 73%
  • HSB28°, 78%, 73%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.733
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.427
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.165
  • GLSLvec3(0.733, 0.427, 0.165)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.733, 0.427, 0.165, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.733, 0.427, 0.165)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB73.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB42.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB16.5%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDBB6D2A
  • DECIMAL ID12283178
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers13 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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