Information about #A59991 color

#A59991 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#A59991 falls into the Orange Color Family — Low Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(165, 153, 145) — 64.7% red, 60% green, 56.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 5 / 8 / 35. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#A59991 is a calm, restrained amber-leaning orange that appears airy and pastel-like. It is a natural fit for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Asteroid (#A59692). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Imagine (#A39894) and Triple Milestone (#A59591).

In RGB terms — rgb(165, 153, 145) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #A59991: 7.6:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.8:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #A59991 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#A59991 color variations

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

#A59991 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 #A59991

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

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#A59991
  • RGB165, 153, 145
  • CMYK0, 5, 8, 35
  • CSSrgb(165, 153, 145)
  • HSL24°, 10%, 61%
  • HSL Precise24°, 10%, 60.784%
  • HSV24°, 12%, 65%
  • HSB24°, 12%, 65%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.647
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.600
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.569
  • GLSLvec3(0.647, 0.600, 0.569)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.647, 0.600, 0.569, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.647, 0.600, 0.569)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB64.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB60%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB56.9%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDA59991
  • DECIMAL ID10852753
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01