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Description and conversion results of color #b9896d

It is a pastel orange color having an approximate luminance of 61%. It has a hue value of 22° indicating that this is a warm color.

 

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Antique Brass, French Beige, Tuscan Tan, Café Au Lait, Beaver, Copper (Crayola), Raw Sienna, Tan (Crayola), Wood Brown and Desert. A bit below you will find the most similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors too.

Conversion results

The following list contains the conversion results of color #b9896d to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

rgb (185, 137, 109) #b9896d hsl (22.1, 35.2%, 57.6%) hsv (22.1, 41.1%, 72.5%) lab (61.1, 14.7, 22.2) xyz (31.7, 29.3, 18.5)

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Similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors

In real life paints might have a different shade compared to as they appear on your display. You shall always consult and double-check colors with a professional paint provider before you order.

The following table contains the nearest matching standard colors.

The left side contains the reference color, while the right side shows the matched color. For each item there is a link to our partner MyPerfectColor.com, where you can buy corresponding paints.

   Pantone 1R08 SPBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 1Y08 SPBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 723 UBUY PAINT >>
   RAL 310-MBUY PAINT >>
   RAL 3012BUY PAINT >>
   RAL 370-MBUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 7718BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 2804BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 0039BUY PAINT >>

Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #b9896d 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 orange color to white. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.


This color scale contains similar colors to Tumbleweed, Antique Brass, Tan (Crayola), Tan, Desert Sand, Apricot, Silver Pink, Unbleached Silk, Champagne Pink, Almond, Misty Rose, Seashell, Isabelline, Linen and Snow.


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 orange color to black. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.


This color scale contains similar colors to Raw Umber, Liver Chestnut, Coyote Brown, French Bistre, Umber, Liver, Tuscan Brown, Coffee, Bistre, Taupe, Dark Lava, Black Coffee, Black Chocolate, Smoky Black, Eerie Black and Raisin Black.


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 orange color to gray. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.


This color scale contains similar colors to Beaver, Café Au Lait, Tuscan Tan, French Beige, Cinereous, Grullo, Burnished Brown, Middle Grey, Spanish Gray, Taupe Gray and Old Silver.

Color schemes and palettes

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 colors. There are variants of red and orange colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Wine, Bole, Pastel Pink, New York Pink, Kobicha, Dark Brown, Tumbleweed, Antique Brass, Field Drab, Pullman Brown (UPS Brown), Light French Beige and Sand.


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 warm and cold colors. There are variants of orange, cyan and azure colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Liver Chestnut, Brown Sugar, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Blue Sapphire, Maximum Blue and Dark Sky Blue.


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 warm and cold colors. There are variants of orange, blue and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Liver Chestnut, Brown Sugar, Purple Navy, Cyber Grape, Blue Bell, Maximum Blue Purple, Blue-green (color Wheel), English Green, Green Sheen and Keppel.


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 warm and cold colors. There are variants of orange, green, cyan, azure and magenta colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Liver Chestnut, Brown Sugar, Forest Green (Traditional), UP Forest Green, Dark Sea Green, Eton Blue, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Blue Sapphire, Maximum Blue, Dark Sky Blue, English Violet, Japanese Violet, Lilac and Wisteria.

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