Information about #A28211 color

#A28211 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#A28211 falls into the Yellow Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(162, 130, 17) — 63.5% red, 51% green, 6.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 13 / 57 / 36. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#A28211 is a energetic, saturated golden yellow that sits comfortably between light and dark. In practice it works well for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Luxury Gold (#A48111). Nearby in the Register you will also find Golden Curry (#A47D0E) and Dark Yellow (#9B870C).

In RGB terms — rgb(162, 130, 17) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 5.7:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.7:1. No one has named #A28211 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#A28211 color variations

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

#A28211 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 #A28211

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

Luxury Gold color link
Luxury Gold

#A48111

Golden Curry color link
Golden Curry

#A47D0E

Dark Yellow color link
Dark Yellow

#9B870C

Rapeseed Oil color link
Rapeseed Oil

#A17917

Zion color link
Zion

#AC7911

Diarrhea color link
Diarrhea

#9F8303

Dark Mustard color link
Dark Mustard

#A88905

Golden Palm color link
Golden Palm

#AA8805

Hacienda color link
Hacienda

#9E8022

Gold color link
Gold

#A57C00

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#A28211
  • RGB162, 130, 17
  • CMYK0, 13, 57, 36
  • CSSrgb(162, 130, 17)
  • HSL47°, 81%, 35%
  • HSL Precise46.759°, 81.006%, 35.098%
  • HSV47°, 90%, 64%
  • HSB47°, 90%, 64%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.635
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.510
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.067
  • GLSLvec3(0.635, 0.510, 0.067)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.635, 0.510, 0.067, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.635, 0.510, 0.067)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB63.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB51%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB6.7%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX IDA28211
  • DECIMAL ID10650129
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers4 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01