Information about #77500C color

#77500C color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#77500C falls into the Orange Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(119, 80, 12) — 46.7% red, 31.4% green, 4.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 15 / 42 / 53. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #77500C reads as a strongly colored amber-leaning orange and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Medium Brown (#7F5112). Slightly further away sit Red Dirt (#7F5217) and Poop Brown (#7A5901).

In RGB terms — rgb(119, 80, 12) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 7.1:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.9:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #77500C is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#77500C color variations

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

#77500C 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 #77500C

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

Medium Brown color link
Medium Brown

#7F5112

Red Dirt color link
Red Dirt

#7F5217

Poop Brown color link
Poop Brown

#7A5901

Dark Bronze color link
Dark Bronze

#804A00

Brown color link
Brown

#88540B

Sepia color link
Sepia

#704214

Poop color link
Poop

#7F5E00

Russet color link
Russet

#80461B

Olive Brown color link
Olive Brown

#645403

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#77500C
  • RGB119, 80, 12
  • CMYK0, 15, 42, 53
  • CSSrgb(119, 80, 12)
  • HSL38°, 82%, 26%
  • HSL Precise38.131°, 81.679%, 25.686%
  • HSV38°, 90%, 47%
  • HSB38°, 90%, 47%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.467
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.314
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.047
  • GLSLvec3(0.467, 0.314, 0.047)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.467, 0.314, 0.047, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.467, 0.314, 0.047)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB46.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB31.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB4.7%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID77500C
  • DECIMAL ID7819276
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01