Information about #996000 color

#996000 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#996000 falls into the Orange Color Family — Full Saturation, Neutral brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(153, 96, 0) — 60% red, 37.6% green, 0% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 22 / 60 / 40. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#996000 presents itself as a pure, full-strength amber-leaning orange — one that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. In practice it works well for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Gamboge Orange (#996600). Slightly further away sit Porcupine (#936900) and Poo Brown (#885F01).

The recipe behind #996000 is rgb(153, 96, 0), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #996000: 5.2:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.0:1 for black. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#996000 color variations

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

#996000 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#996000 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#996000 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#996000 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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#996000 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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#140099
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#008599
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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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#009961
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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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#389900
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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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#990085
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Nearest named colors to #996000

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

Gamboge Orange color link
Gamboge Orange

#996600

Porcupine color link
Porcupine

#936900

Poo Brown color link
Poo Brown

#885F01

Strong Gamboge color link
Strong Gamboge

#A86900

Windsor Tan color link
Windsor Tan

#A75502

Warm Brown color link
Warm Brown

#964E02

Strong Orange color link
Strong Orange

#A85400

Muddy Brown color link
Muddy Brown

#886806

Golden Brown color link
Golden Brown

#996515

Poo color link
Poo

#8F7303

Vincent's Copper Brown color link
Vincent's Copper Brown

#8A530A

Brown color link
Brown

#88540B

#996000 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#996000
  • RGB153, 96, 0
  • CMYK0, 22, 60, 40
  • CSSrgb(153, 96, 0)
  • HSL38°, 100%, 30%
  • HSL Precise37.647°, 100%, 30%
  • HSV38°, 100%, 60%
  • HSB38°, 100%, 60%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.600
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.376
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.000
  • GLSLvec3(0.600, 0.376, 0.000)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.600, 0.376, 0.000, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.600, 0.376, 0.000)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB60%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB37.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB0%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID996000
  • DECIMAL ID10051584
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers325 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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