Information about #9C8315 color
Basic facts about this digital color
A strongly colored sunny yellow, #9C8315 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 Luxury Gold (#A48111). Slightly further away sit Dark Yellow (#9B870C) and Rapeseed Oil (#A17917).
Technically, the mix leans on its red channel (rgb(156, 131, 21)), which gives #9C8315 its character. On this background, black text reaches a 5.7:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.7:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #9C8315 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#9C8315 color variations
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#9C8315 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#9C8315 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#9C8315 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#9C8315 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#9C8315 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 #9C8315 color
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Nearest named colors to #9C8315
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#A48111
#9B870C
#A17917
#A47D0E
#9E8022
#988422
#A28B23
#9F8303
#967117
#AC7911
#AC7D0C
#8E7618
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#9C8315
- RGB156, 131, 21
- CMYK0, 10, 53, 39
- CSSrgb(156, 131, 21)
- HSL49°, 76%, 35%
- HSL Precise48.889°, 76.271%, 34.706%
- HSV49°, 87%, 61%
- HSB49°, 87%, 61%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.612
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.514
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.082
- GLSLvec3(0.612, 0.514, 0.082)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.612, 0.514, 0.082, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.612, 0.514, 0.082)
- Percentage of Red in RGB61.2%
- Percentage of Green in RGB51.4%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB8.2%
- Color FamilyYellow
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID9C8315
- DECIMAL ID10257173
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers8 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
