#b6b979It is a pastel yellow color having an approximate luminance of 74%. It has a hue value of 63° indicating that this is a cold color.
Some of the most similar colors to this color are Misty Moss, Dark Khaki, Sage, Olive Green, Middle Green Yellow, Sand, Ecru, Olivine, Vegas Gold and Asparagus. A bit below you will find the most similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors too.
The following list contains the conversion results of color #b6b979 to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.
rgb (182, 185, 121)
#b6b979
hsl (62.8, 31.4%, 60%)
hsv (62.8, 34.6%, 72.5%)
lab (73.6, -11.1, 32.2)
xyz (40.1, 46, 24.9)
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The following table contains the nearest matching standard colors.
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Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #b6b979 respectively. The process results a harmonic color scale.
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Tints
These are the color variants which are generated by adding white color to the base color. This process results a scale from a pastel yellow color to white. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.
This color scale contains similar colors to Sage, Misty Moss, Pale Spring Bud, Spring Green (Crayola), Lemon Meringue, Dutch White, Eggshell, Parchment, Beige, Cornsilk, Alabaster, Floral White, Ivory and Baby Powder.
Shades
These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base color. This process results a scale from a pastel yellow color to black. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.
This color scale contains similar colors to Moss Green, Turtle Green, Artichoke, Spanish Bistre, Ebony, Army Green, Antique Bronze, Rifle Green, Kombu Green, Pine Tree, Olive Drab 7, Black Chocolate, Eerie Black and Dark Jungle Green.
Tones
These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base color. This process results a scale from a pastel yellow color to gray. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.
This color scale contains similar colors to Sage, Misty Moss, Sand, Ecru, Laurel Green, Ash Gray, Khaki (Web), Silver Chalice, Gray (X11 Gray) and Silver.
Color schemes represent a set of colors creating a harmonic and aesthetic feeling. Color schemes are generated by choosing colors around the color wheel.
We can talk about monochromatic, complementary, triadic and tetradic color schemes, choosing one, two, three or four colors around the color wheel respectively.
In the following tables these color schemes are present.
Monochromatic
The monochromatic scale is generated by choosing colors on the color wheel near to the base color. As the colors of the monochromatic scale are close to each other, they create a harmonic feeling.
This color scale contains warm and cold colors. There are variants of orange, yellow and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Pullman Brown (UPS Brown), Dark Brown, Light French Beige, Desert, Army Green, Dark Moss Green, Misty Moss, Dark Khaki, UP Forest Green, Forest Green (Traditional), Dark Sea Green and Asparagus.
Complementary
The complementary scale is generated by choosing the color on the opposite side on the color wheel relative to the base color. This results in slight vibrating tension between the complementary colors.
This color scale contains cold colors. There are variants of yellow and blue colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Spanish Bistre, Olive, Dark Cornflower Blue, YInMn Blue, Maximum Blue Purple and Blue Bell.
Triadic
The triadic scale is generated by choosing two colors on the color wheel relative to the base color. This combines the slight vibrating tension and the harmonic feeling between the triadic colors.
This color scale contains cold and warm colors. There are variants of yellow, rose and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Spanish Bistre, Olive, Old Mauve, Wine Dregs, Kobi, Charm Pink, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Dark Slate Gray, Maximum Blue and Cerulean (Crayola).
Tetradic
The tetradic scale is generated by choosing three colors on the color wheel relative to the base color. This combination covers the whole color wheel containing both the complementary and harmonic colors of the base color.
This color scale contains cold and warm colors. There are variants of yellow, cyan, blue and red colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Spanish Bistre, Olive, Deep Jungle Green, Warm Black, Maximum Blue Green, Verdigris, Dark Cornflower Blue, YInMn Blue, Maximum Blue Purple, Blue Bell, Wine, Catawba, Mauvelous and Salmon Pink.
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