Information about #A4900E color

#A4900E color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#A4900E falls into the Yellow Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(164, 144, 14) — 64.3% red, 56.5% green, 5.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 8 / 59 / 36. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #A4900E reads as a strongly colored golden yellow 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 near neighbor of Yellowy Brown (#AE8B0C). Slightly further away sit Dark Mustard (#A88905) and Baby Poo (#AB9004).

The recipe behind #A4900E is rgb(164, 144, 14), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 6.6:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.2:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #A4900E is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#A4900E color variations

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

#A4900E 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 #A4900E

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

Dark Mustard color link
Dark Mustard

#A88905

Baby Poo color link
Baby Poo

#AB9004

Dark Yellow color link
Dark Yellow

#9B870C

Golden Palm color link
Golden Palm

#AA8805

Strong Gold color link
Strong Gold

#A89300

Luxury Gold color link
Luxury Gold

#A48111

Diarrhea color link
Diarrhea

#9F8303

Lucky color link
Lucky

#AB9A1C

Golden Curry color link
Golden Curry

#A47D0E

Light Gold color link
Light Gold

#B29700

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#A4900E
  • RGB164, 144, 14
  • CMYK0, 8, 59, 36
  • CSSrgb(164, 144, 14)
  • HSL52°, 84%, 35%
  • HSL Precise52°, 84.27%, 34.902%
  • HSV52°, 91%, 64%
  • HSB52°, 91%, 64%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.643
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.565
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.055
  • GLSLvec3(0.643, 0.565, 0.055)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.643, 0.565, 0.055, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.643, 0.565, 0.055)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB64.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB56.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB5.5%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX IDA4900E
  • DECIMAL ID10784782
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01