Information about #9A6E3B color

#9A6E3B color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#9A6E3B falls into the Orange Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(154, 110, 59) — 60.4% red, 43.1% green, 23.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 17 / 37 / 40. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #9A6E3B reads as a pleasantly vivid orange and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Carnegie Hero Gold (#9D6F3C). Slightly further away sit Bullion (#956A3E) and Wood (#966F33).

In RGB terms — rgb(154, 110, 59) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #9A6E3B: 4.7:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.5:1 for white. No one has named #9A6E3B so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#9A6E3B color variations

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#9A6E3B 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 #9A6E3B

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

Bullion color link
Bullion

#956A3E

Wood color link
Wood

#966F33

Dark Buff color link
Dark Buff

#976638

Bullwhip color link
Bullwhip

#8F7040

Earth color link
Earth

#A2653E

Buttered Rum color link
Buttered Rum

#9D702E

Sunshine color link
Sunshine

#9C6531

Red Beech color link
Red Beech

#A1623B

Finch Brown color link
Finch Brown

#957B38

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#9A6E3B
  • RGB154, 110, 59
  • CMYK0, 17, 37, 40
  • CSSrgb(154, 110, 59)
  • HSL32°, 45%, 42%
  • HSL Precise32.211°, 44.601%, 41.765%
  • HSV32°, 62%, 60%
  • HSB32°, 62%, 60%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.604
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.431
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.231
  • GLSLvec3(0.604, 0.431, 0.231)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.604, 0.431, 0.231, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.604, 0.431, 0.231)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB60.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB43.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB23.1%
  • Color Family (Hue)Orange
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID9A6E3B
  • DECIMAL ID10120763
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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