Information about #BD840A color

#BD840A color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#BD840A falls into the Orange Color Family — Full Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(189, 132, 10) — 74.1% red, 51.8% green, 3.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 22 / 70 / 26. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#BD840A is a pure, full-strength amber-leaning orange that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. In practice it works well for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Dark Goldenrod (#B8860B). Slightly further away sit High Noon (#BC7F0C) and Rusty Gold (#B57F0C).

In RGB terms — rgb(189, 132, 10) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 6.5:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.2:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #BD840A is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#BD840A color variations

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

#BD840A color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#BD840A color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#BD840A color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#BD840A 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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#BD840A 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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#0ABD84
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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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#BD0A9C
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Nearest named colors to #BD840A

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

Dark Goldenrod color link
Dark Goldenrod

#B8860B

High Noon color link
High Noon

#BC7F0C

Rusty Gold color link
Rusty Gold

#B57F0C

Cinnamon color link
Cinnamon

#C58917

Yellowy Brown color link
Yellowy Brown

#AE8B0C

Dirty Orange color link
Dirty Orange

#C87606

Egypt Gold color link
Egypt Gold

#C09300

Dark Golden Yellow color link
Dark Golden Yellow

#AC7D0C

Yellow Brown color link
Yellow Brown

#B79400

Desert Yellow color link
Desert Yellow

#CA8D16

Golden Palm color link
Golden Palm

#AA8805

Mustard Brown color link
Mustard Brown

#CD7A00

#BD840A color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BD840A
  • RGB189, 132, 10
  • CMYK0, 22, 70, 26
  • CSSrgb(189, 132, 10)
  • HSL41°, 90%, 39%
  • HSL Precise40.894°, 89.95%, 39.02%
  • HSV41°, 95%, 74%
  • HSB41°, 95%, 74%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.741
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.518
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.039
  • GLSLvec3(0.741, 0.518, 0.039)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.741, 0.518, 0.039, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.741, 0.518, 0.039)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB74.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB51.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB3.9%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX IDBD840A
  • DECIMAL ID12420106
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers30 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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