Information about #5A3E11 color

#5A3E11 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#5A3E11 falls into the Orange Color Family — High Saturation, Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(90, 62, 17) — 35.3% red, 24.3% green, 6.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 11 / 29 / 65. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#5A3E11 is a energetic, saturated amber-leaning orange that leans clearly toward the dark side. In practice it works well for dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Pineapple (#563C0D). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Mud Brown (#60460F) and Earthtone (#5D3A1A).

In RGB terms — rgb(90, 62, 17) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #5A3E11: 9.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.1:1 for black. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:65), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #5A3E11 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#5A3E11 color variations

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

#5A3E11 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

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

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

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

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #5A3E11

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

Pineapple color link
Pineapple

#563C0D

Mud Brown color link
Mud Brown

#60460F

Earthtone color link
Earthtone

#5D3A1A

Bronzetone color link
Bronzetone

#4D400F

Deep Amber color link
Deep Amber

#594300

Deep Gamboge color link
Deep Gamboge

#593800

Kakadu color link
Kakadu

#554123

Carnaby Tan color link
Carnaby Tan

#5B3A24

Violin Brown color link
Violin Brown

#674403

Dark Brown color link
Dark Brown

#654321

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#5A3E11
  • RGB90, 62, 17
  • CMYK0, 11, 29, 65
  • CSSrgb(90, 62, 17)
  • HSL37°, 68%, 21%
  • HSL Precise36.986°, 68.224%, 20.98%
  • HSV37°, 81%, 35%
  • HSB37°, 81%, 35%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.353
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.243
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.067
  • GLSLvec3(0.353, 0.243, 0.067)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.353, 0.243, 0.067, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.353, 0.243, 0.067)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB35.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB24.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB6.7%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • HEX ID5A3E11
  • DECIMAL ID5914129
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers10 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01