Information about #BBA99D color
Basic facts about this digital color
#BBA99D presents itself as a gently muted orange — one that floats near the light end of the scale. In practice it works well for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Silk (#BBADA1). Nearby in the Register you will also find Martini (#B7A8A3) and Quarter Pravda (#B4AB9E).
In RGB terms — rgb(187, 169, 157) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #BBA99D background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 9.3:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.3:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #BBA99D is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#BBA99D color variations
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#BBA99D color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#BBA99D color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#BBA99D color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#BBA99D color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#BBA99D 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 #BBA99D color
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Nearest named colors to #BBA99D
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#BBADA1
#B7A8A3
#B4AB9E
#B9A896
#B4AD9E
#B3AC9C
#B2A99D
#BDAF96
#BDB0A3
#C1B09F
#B2AD9E
#BEB29A
#BBA99D color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#BBA99D
- RGB187, 169, 157
- CMYK0, 7, 12, 27
- CSSrgb(187, 169, 157)
- HSL24°, 18%, 67%
- HSL Precise24°, 18.072%, 67.451%
- HSV24°, 16%, 73%
- HSB24°, 16%, 73%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.733
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.663
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.616
- GLSLvec3(0.733, 0.663, 0.616)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.733, 0.663, 0.616, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.733, 0.663, 0.616)
- Percentage of Red in RGB73.3%
- Percentage of Green in RGB66.3%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB61.6%
- Color FamilyOrange
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDBBA99D
- DECIMAL ID12298653
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers11 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
