Information about #9C5525 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #9C5525 reads as a vivid, lively orange and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Fox (#985629). Slightly further away sit Rich Gold (#A15226) and Hawaiian Tan (#99522B).
In RGB terms — rgb(156, 85, 37) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #9C5525: 5.6:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.7:1 for black. No one has named #9C5525 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#9C5525 color variations
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#9C5525 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#9C5525 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#9C5525 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#9C5525 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#9C5525 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #9C5525 color
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Nearest named colors to #9C5525
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#985629
#A15226
#99522B
#A3532A
#954E2C
#95532F
#9D5432
#964C1D
#A74F20
#9F5233
#905E26
#99632B
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#9C5525
- RGB156, 85, 37
- CMYK0, 28, 47, 39
- CSSrgb(156, 85, 37)
- HSL24°, 62%, 38%
- HSL Precise24.202°, 61.658%, 37.843%
- HSV24°, 76%, 61%
- HSB24°, 76%, 61%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.612
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.333
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.145
- GLSLvec3(0.612, 0.333, 0.145)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.612, 0.333, 0.145, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.612, 0.333, 0.145)
- Percentage of Red in RGB61.2%
- Percentage of Green in RGB33.3%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB14.5%
- Color FamilyOrange
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID9C5525
- DECIMAL ID10245413
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers9 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
