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Information about #9C6E02 color

#9C6E02 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#9C6E02 falls into the Orange Color Family — Full Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(156, 110, 2) — 61.2% red, 43.1% green, 0.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 18 / 60 / 39. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #9C6E02 reads as a pure, full-strength amber-leaning orange and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Gamboge Orange (#996600). Slightly further away sit Porcupine (#936900) and Yellowish Brown (#9B7A01).

In RGB terms — rgb(156, 110, 2) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 4.6:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 4.5:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #9C6E02 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#9C6E02 color variations

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

#9C6E02 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 #9C6E02

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

Porcupine color link
Porcupine

#936900

Puke Brown color link
Puke Brown

#947706

Poo color link
Poo

#8F7303

Baby Poop color link
Baby Poop

#937C00

Gold color link
Gold

#A57C00

Strong Amber color link
Strong Amber

#A87E00

Golden Curry color link
Golden Curry

#A47D0E

Golden Brown color link
Golden Brown

#996515

Diarrhea color link
Diarrhea

#9F8303

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#9C6E02
  • RGB156, 110, 2
  • CMYK0, 18, 60, 39
  • CSSrgb(156, 110, 2)
  • HSL42°, 97%, 31%
  • HSL Precise42.078°, 97.468%, 30.98%
  • HSV42°, 99%, 61%
  • HSB42°, 99%, 61%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.612
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.431
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.008
  • GLSLvec3(0.612, 0.431, 0.008)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.612, 0.431, 0.008, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.612, 0.431, 0.008)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB61.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB43.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB0.8%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID9C6E02
  • DECIMAL ID10251778
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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