Information about #A17D21 color
Basic facts about this digital color
#A17D21 presents itself as a strongly colored amber-leaning orange — one that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. It is a natural fit for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Hacienda (#9E8022). Slightly further away sit Rapeseed Oil (#A17917) and Alibi (#988422).
The recipe behind #A17D21 is rgb(161, 125, 33), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #A17D21: 5.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.8:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#A17D21 color variations
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#A17D21 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#A17D21 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#A17D21 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#A17D21 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#A17D21 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 #A17D21 color
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Nearest named colors to #A17D21
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#9E8022
#A17917
#988422
#A28B23
#968428
#A7752C
#A48111
#9D702E
#AD812F
#967117
#A47D0E
#AC7911
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#A17D21
- RGB161, 125, 33
- CMYK0, 14, 50, 37
- CSSrgb(161, 125, 33)
- HSL43°, 66%, 38%
- HSL Precise43.125°, 65.979%, 38.039%
- HSV43°, 80%, 63%
- HSB43°, 80%, 63%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.631
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.490
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.129
- GLSLvec3(0.631, 0.490, 0.129)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.631, 0.490, 0.129, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.631, 0.490, 0.129)
- Percentage of Red in RGB63.1%
- Percentage of Green in RGB49%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB12.9%
- Color FamilyOrange
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX IDA17D21
- DECIMAL ID10583329
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers46 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
